A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from East Foothills in California on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/17 / 2017-09-15 01:17:47 / September 15, 2017 @ 1:17 am. Id of earthquake: nc72892486. Event ids that are associated: nc72892486. Exact location of event, longitude -121.8143311 West, latitude 37.4038315 North, depth = -0.52 km. The temblor was detected at 17:17:47 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.52 km (-0 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Strawberry, Salinas, Keyes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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