A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.200000762939 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 16:53:10 / November 15, 2025 @ 4:53 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:53:10 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75263671. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75263671. Exact location of event, depth 26.200000762939 km, -124.55166625977° West, 40.335334777832° North.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 44 km (28 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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