A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Cobb in California on Saturday. Event id: nc72740400. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72740400. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.6 km (-0 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:09:17 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 19:09:17 / December 17, 2016 @ 7:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -122.8041687° West, latitude 38.8523331° North, depth = -0.6 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma. Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km WNW of Cobb, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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