A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cobb in California. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/16 / 2016-05-08 19:25:19 / May 8, 2016 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72632580. Unique identifier: nc72632580. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:25:19 / 12:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.7 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -122.828331 West, latitude 38.8391685 North, depth = 1.7 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 9 km WNW of Cobb, California.
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