A minor earthquake magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was reported at 15:18:59 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.2299995422363 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75134047. Id of event: nc75134047. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 15:18:59 / February 15, 2025 @ 3:18 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -124.92649841309 West, latitude 40.375999450684 North, depth = 9.2299995422363 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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