A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Angwin in California on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.68 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -122.284668° West, latitude 38.5503349° North, depth = 8.68 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/17 / 2017-02-11 09:00:55 / February 11, 2017 @ 9:00 am. The temblor was detected at 01:00:55 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72762726. Unique identifier: nc72762726.
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Sacramento (c. 466 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Concord (c. 122 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Berkeley (c. 112 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rosemont, Emeryville, Oakley (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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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