A minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75183327, us7000pzsr. Id of event: nc75183327. Exact location, longitude -124.7191696167° West, latitude 40.29999923706° North, depth = -0.11999999731779 km. The 3.56-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:51:16 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 05:51:16 / May 17, 2025 @ 5:51 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.11999999731779 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km W of Petrolia, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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