M 2.7 earthquake – 74 km W of Petrolia, CA
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Local time: Oct 17, 2026 · 14:28 (UTC-7)
MicroShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 2.7duration magnitude (md)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.422, -125.14693 km from Eureka
- Energy released
- 0.2 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 111USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 15, 2026.
How strong was it?
Micro earthquake. It released 0.2 tons of TNT, 2,818 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 7.4 123 km W of Big Lagoon, California Jan 31, 1922
- 7.2 153 km W of Big Lagoon, California Jun 15, 2005
- 7.2 The 1992 Petrolia, California Earthquake Apr 25, 1992
- 7.2 The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake Nov 8, 1980
- 7.1 The 1923 Humboldt County, California Earthquake Jan 22, 1923
- 7.1 121 km W of Ferndale, California Sep 1, 1994
- 7.0 2024 Offshore Cape Mendocino, California Earthquake Dec 5, 2024
- 7.0 136 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon Aug 17, 1991
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.