A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75183252. Id of event: nc75183252. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 03:39:08 / May 17, 2025 @ 3:39 am. The temblor was reported at 03:39:08 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -124.65550231934 West, latitude 40.295833587646 North, depth = 6.6500000953674 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.6500000953674 km (4 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayside, Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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