A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from The Geysers in California. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/16 / 2016-03-08 11:27:10 / March 8, 2016 @ 11:27 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.38 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:27:10 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72603670. Id of event: nc72603670. Exact location of event, longitude -122.8101654 West, latitude 38.8068352 North, depth = 1.38 km.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). 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 Napa, Williams, Petaluma.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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