A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Exact location of event, depth 0.97000002861023 km, -124.61949920654° West, 40.320499420166° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75141696. Id of event: nc75141696. The temblor was reported at 16:19:33 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 16:19:33 / March 2, 2025 @ 4:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.97000002861023 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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