A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from The Geysers in California on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -122.7553329° West, latitude 38.7783318° North, depth = -0.13 km. Global time and date of event 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 04:18:31 / August 4, 2016 @ 4:18 am UTC/GMT. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:31 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc72670030. Event ids that are associated: nc72670030. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.13 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Novato, Winters, Napa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (23 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 0 km NE of The Geysers, California.
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