A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.23 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -124.897° West, 40.352166666667° North, depth 11.23 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 02:51:54 / March 28, 2025 @ 2:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:51:54 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75156477. Event ids that are associated: nc75156477.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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