A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Mount Shasta in California. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:32:56 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/17 / 2017-06-02 22:32:56 / June 2, 2017 @ 10:32 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.74 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.1729965 West, latitude 41.4186668 North, depth = 3.74 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72809656. Id of event: nc72809656.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yreka (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Yreka (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NE of Mount Shasta, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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