A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in California. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:35:42 / 10:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.93 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72694901. Id of event: nc72694901. Exact location of earthquake, -122.815834° West, 38.8105011° North, depth 1.93 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/16 / 2016-09-13 17:35:42 / September 13, 2016 @ 5:35 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winters, Napa, Williams (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km NW of The Geysers, California.
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