A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -125.00416564941° West, 40.375331878662° North, depth 3.5499999523163 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.5499999523163 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:42:58 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75158747. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75158747, ew1743554590. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 00:42:58 / April 2, 2025 @ 12:42 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 61 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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