A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in California. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 16:46:18 / December 14, 2016 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:46:18 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.63 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72737990. Id of event: nc72737990. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.8421631 West, latitude 38.7924995 North, depth = -0.63 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napa, Williams, Sonoma (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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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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. 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: 7 km WNW of The Geysers, California.
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