A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Redwood Valley in California. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 03:42:06 / August 23, 2015 @ 3:42 am. The temblor was detected at 20:42:06 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -123.1496658 West, latitude 39.3263321 North, depth = 0.03 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72510771. Id of event: nc72510771. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.03 km (0 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ukiah (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Clearlake (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cloverdale (c. 8 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hidden Valley Lake (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hidden Valley Lake, Clearlake, Cloverdale (min 5000 pop).
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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 8 km NE of Redwood Valley, California.
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