A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Soledad in California on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/15 / 2015-11-05 21:18:16 / November 5, 2015 @ 9:18 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.25 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.0361633 West, latitude 36.5470009 North, depth = 7.25 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:18:16 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72548865. Unique identifier: nc72548865.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gustine, Pacific Grove, San Martin (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hollister (c. 34 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km ENE of Soledad, California.
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