A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Angwin in California on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 06:02:38 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/17 / 2017-02-06 14:02:38 / February 6, 2017 @ 2:02 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72760230. Id of event: nc72760230. Exact location, longitude -122.2868347° West, latitude 38.5514984° North, depth = 7.81 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.81 km (5 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rosemont, Emeryville, Oakley (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Sacramento (c. 466 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Concord (c. 122 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Berkeley (c. 112 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km E of Angwin, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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