A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Soledad in California on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -121.1289978 West, latitude 36.5853348 North, depth = 8.63 km. Global time and date of event 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 12:37:45 / July 1, 2016 @ 12:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.63 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: nc72657271. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72657271. The temblor was detected at 05:37:45 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morgan Hill, Gustine, Pacific Grove.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 25 km NE of Soledad, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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