A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cobb in California. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:25:30 / 12:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.24 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -122.8308334° West, 38.840332° North, depth 1.24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/16 / 2016-05-08 19:25:30 / May 8, 2016 @ 7:25 pm. Unique identifier: nc72632585. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72632585.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma.
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 nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km WNW of Cobb, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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