A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes San Francisco Bay area, California kilometers (0 miles) from San Francisco Bay area, California on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.02 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:30 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 19:39:30 / September 17, 2015 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -121.9608333 West, latitude 37.9111667 North, depth = 0.02 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72526176. Id of event: nc72526176.
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Gatos, Ripon, Elk Grove. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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