A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75162152. Unique identifier: nc75162152. The temblor was reported at 23:40:24 / 11:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -124.55783081055° West, 40.251167297363° North, depth 15.760000228882 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 23:40:24 / April 7, 2025 @ 11:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.760000228882 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two 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. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 25 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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