A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Petrolia in CA on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.869999885559 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: nc75207132. Event ids that are associated: nc75207132. Exact location of event, longitude -124.26300048828 West, latitude 40.258499145508 North, depth = 10.869999885559 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 17:22:48 / July 8, 2025 @ 5:22 pm. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:22:48 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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