A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Friday. Event id: nc75178771. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75178771. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.21999999880791 km (-0 miles). Exact location of event, depth -0.21999999880791 km, -125.09533691406° West, 40.402667999268° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 04:53:35 / May 9, 2025 @ 4:53 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:53:35 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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