A minor earthquake magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Greenfield in California on Thursday. Id of earthquake: nc72911526. Event ids that are associated: nc72911526. Global time and date of event 19/10/17 / 2017-10-19 11:45:32 / October 19, 2017 @ 11:45 am UTC/GMT. The 3.76-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:45:32 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.46 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -121.0488358° West, latitude 36.472332° North, depth = 8.46 km.
Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hollister (c. 34 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Seaside (c. 33 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Martin, Interlaken, Watsonville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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