A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ferndale in CA on Monday. Event id: nc75284481. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75284481. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.0500001907349 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.250831604 West, latitude 40.476333618164 North, depth = 5.0500001907349 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/25 / 2025-12-22 01:06:04 / December 22, 2025 @ 1:06 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:06:04 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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