A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 11:00:25 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/09/25 / 2025-09-11 11:00:25 / September 11, 2025 @ 11:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.989999771118 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -124.81066894531 West, latitude 40.337001800537 North, depth = 14.989999771118 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75236307. Id of event: nc75236307.

Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eureka, Fortuna (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km WNW of Petrolia, CA.

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