Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag was detected near Ferndale in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ferndale in CA on Monday. Event id: nc75284481. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75284481. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.0500001907349 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.250831604 West, latitude 40.476333618164 North, depth = 5.0500001907349 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/25 / 2025-12-22 01:06:04 / December 22, 2025 @ 1:06 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:06:04 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km S of Ferndale, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arcata Bayside CA Eureka Ferndale Fortuna McKinleyville United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.89 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.250831604° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.476333618164° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.0500001907349 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km S 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	2025-12-22 01:06:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-22 01:08:07	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	automatic	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	128	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1155	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	252	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75284481	Id of event.
Event Code	75284481	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75284481,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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