A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Ferndale in California. Id of earthquake: ew1757446870. Event ids that are associated: ew1757446870. The temblor was picked up at 19:40:58 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/25 / 2025-09-09 19:40:58 / September 9, 2025 @ 7:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -125.0477 West, latitude 40.2731 North, depth = 9 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close 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 three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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