A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:57:12 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 11:57:12 / September 4, 2025 @ 11:57 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75233007. Unique identifier: nc75233007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.10999999940395 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -125.05666351318° West, 40.360668182373° North, depth -0.10999999940395 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km WNW of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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