A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.239999771118 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75162841. Id of event: nc75162841. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:27:50 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -124.70783233643 West, latitude 40.249332427979 North, depth = 14.239999771118 km. Global time and date of event 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 08:27:50 / April 10, 2025 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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