A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Shelter Cove in California on Monday. The temblor was detected at 08:17:57 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 08:17:57 / May 26, 2025 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -124.6749° West, latitude 40.0841° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1i1. Unique identifier: us7000q1i1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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