A minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Petrolia in CA. The temblor was detected at 23:31:23 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.1300001144409 km, -124.96433258057° West, 40.349498748779° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.1300001144409 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 23:31:23 / February 26, 2025 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc75139661. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75139661, ew1740612690, us6000pvqf.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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