A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from San Ramon in California. Id of earthquake: nc72536565. Event ids that are associated: nc72536565. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.58 km (5 miles). The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:58:41 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/10/15 / 2015-10-14 10:58:41 / October 14, 2015 @ 10:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -121.9658356 West, latitude 37.7868347 North, depth = 8.58 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petaluma, Dixon, Ripon. Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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