A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location, longitude -124.79933166504° West, latitude 40.350498199463° North, depth = -0.27000001072884 km. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:00:27 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc75136462. Unique identifier: nc75136462. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 07:00:27 / February 20, 2025 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.27000001072884 km (-0 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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