A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rio Vista in California on Tuesday. Unique identifier: nc72924580. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72924580. Global time and date of event 15/11/17 / 2017-11-15 04:48:25 / November 15, 2017 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.21 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:48:25 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -121.6604996° West, latitude 38.1015015° North, depth = 6.21 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Kentfield, San Anselmo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sacramento (c. 466 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSE of Rio Vista, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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