A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in California on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -122.8046646° West, 38.8176651° North, depth 2.99 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 19:33:58 / July 13, 2016 @ 7:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.99 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:33:58 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc72661126. Event ids that are associated: nc72661126.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Napa, Williams, Petaluma. Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).
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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 6 km NW of The Geysers, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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