A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Hollister in California. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 09:27:25 / July 18, 2016 @ 9:27 am. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:27:25 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72662921. Unique identifier: nc72662921. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.2023315 West, latitude 37.0283318 North, depth = 7.28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.28 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manteca, Chowchilla, Sunnyvale. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tracy (c. 82 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NE of Hollister, California.
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