A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Santa Ynez in CA on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37435215. Id of event: ci37435215. The temblor was picked up at 08:45:52 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.85 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -119.9664993° West, latitude 34.5396652° North, depth = 0.85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 15:45:52 / August 5, 2016 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Lompoc (c. 42 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oxnard Shores, Guadalupe, Nipomo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 13 km SE of Santa Ynez, CA.
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