A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/25 / 2025-05-25 09:56:35 / May 25, 2025 @ 9:56 am. Unique identifier: nc75186201. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75186201. Exact location of event, longitude -124.74600219727 West, latitude 40.325832366943 North, depth = 2.3399999141693 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:56:35 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.3399999141693 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.
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