A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from King City in California. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 13:49:19 / December 15, 2015 @ 1:49 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.88 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72568081. Id of event: nc72568081. Exact location of earthquake, -120.8046646° West, 36.2398338° North, depth 8.88 km. The temblor was reported at 05:49:19 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lemoore Station, Cambria, Templeton (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Coalinga (c. 13 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Did you feel anything?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km E of King City, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply