A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from San Ramon in California. The temblor was reported at 23:32:23 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.63 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nc72547145. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72547145. Exact location of earthquake, -121.9628296° West, 37.7809982° North, depth 7.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 06:32:23 / November 1, 2015 @ 6:32 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 49 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), 26 km (16 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Galt, Ben Lomond, Salida (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km E of San Ramon, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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