A minor earthquake magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.619999885559 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:41:46 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.90016937256 West, latitude 40.357666015625 North, depth = 10.619999885559 km. Unique identifier: nc75170586. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1745466110, nc75170586. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/25 / 2025-04-24 03:41:46 / April 24, 2025 @ 3:41 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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