A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in California. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:44 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 13:48:44 / September 16, 2015 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.15 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72525816. Id of event: nc72525816. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.7699966 West, latitude 38.7808342 North, depth = 1.15 km.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Novato, Winters, Napa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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