A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cobb in California on Saturday. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:10:10 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.04 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -122.7978363° West, 38.8291664° North, depth 1.04 km. Event id: nc72646021. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72646021. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 04:10:10 / June 5, 2016 @ 4:10 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km W of Cobb, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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