A minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Janesville in California. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -2.02 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -120.0296631° West, latitude 40.3831673° North, depth = -2.02 km. The 3.55-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:25:02 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc72858911. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72858911, nn00599112. Global time and date of event 03/08/17 / 2017-08-03 21:25:02 / August 3, 2017 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lemmon Valley, Cold Springs, Susanville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cold Springs (c. 8 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lemmon Valley (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 46 km ENE of Janesville, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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