A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Twain Harte in California. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 04:18:26 / March 29, 2017 @ 4:18 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.89 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -120.0511703 West, latitude 38.1638336 North, depth = 3.89 km. Event id: nc72781956. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72781956. The temblor was detected at 20:18:26 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ione (c. 7 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pollock Pines (c. 6 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rancho Calaveras (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pollock Pines, Ione, Rancho Calaveras (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NE of Twain Harte, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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