A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Avenal in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.82 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: nc72954525. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72954525. Exact location of event, depth 6.82 km, -120.1051636° West, 36.0499992° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 16:17:20 / January 15, 2018 @ 4:17 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:17:20 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kerman, Fowler, Selma (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km NNE of Avenal, CA.
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