A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in California. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 18:14:13 / July 5, 2015 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.42 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72478946. Id of event: nc72478946. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:14:13 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4.42 km, -122.777832° West, 38.791832° North.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Novato, Winters, Napa (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km NW of The Geysers, California.
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