A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Petrolia in CA. Id of earthquake: nc75234907. Event ids that are associated: nc75234907. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:22:26 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 13:22:26 / September 8, 2025 @ 1:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.6800000667572 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 3.6800000667572 km, -124.59666442871° West, 40.287166595459° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km W of Petrolia, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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