A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from San Ramon in California on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -121.9648361° West, 37.7783318° North, depth 8.96 km. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:54:54 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.96 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72548525. Unique identifier: nc72548525. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 22:54:54 / November 4, 2015 @ 10:54 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Galt, Salida, Petaluma. The 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, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km E of San Ramon, California.
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