A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Greenfield in California. Unique identifier: nc72505781. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72505781. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/15 / 2015-08-14 06:08:00 / August 14, 2015 @ 6:08 am. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:08:00 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.32 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -121.0124969° West, latitude 36.4351654° North, depth = 6.32 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hollister (c. 34 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Seaside (c. 33 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monterey, Gilroy, Seaside (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km ENE of Greenfield, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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