A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from East Foothills in California. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/17 / 2017-09-14 17:32:17 / September 14, 2017 @ 5:32 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:32:17 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc72892241. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72892241. Exact location of event, longitude -121.8161697 West, latitude 37.4083328 North, depth = -0.51 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.51 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Strawberry, Keyes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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