A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.0100002288818 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: nc75186681. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75186681. Exact location of event, longitude -124.53600311279 West, latitude 40.284332275391 North, depth = 9.0100002288818 km. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:09 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 11:01:09 / May 26, 2025 @ 11:01 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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