A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in California on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72605935. Id of event: nc72605935. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.24 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 2.24 km, -122.7838364° West, 38.7901649° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 22:32:18 / March 12, 2016 @ 10:32 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:32:18 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Novato, Winters, Napa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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