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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Ferndale in CA

Posted by admin on July 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.494666666667S, -124.85266666667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ferndale in CA on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75209307. Unique identifier: nc75209307. The temblor was detected at 14:39:49 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.85 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -124.85266666667 West, latitude 40.494666666667 North, depth = 17.85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/25 / 2025-07-13 14:39:49 / July 13, 2025 @ 2:39 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 51 km W of Ferndale, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.85266666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.494666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km W of Ferndale, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-13 14:39:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-21 18:17:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3828 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 237 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75209307 Id of event.
Event Code 75209307 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75209307, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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