A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Wednesday. Unique identifier: nc75219877. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75219877. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 05:51:33 / August 6, 2025 @ 5:51 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.4499998092651 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 7.4499998092651 km, -124.49749755859° West, 40.286666870117° North. The temblor was reported at 05:51:33 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km W of Petrolia, CA.
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