A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Willits in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -123.3191681° West, 39.4138336° North, depth -0.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.7 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nc72957291. Event ids that are associated: nc72957291. The temblor was detected at 17:32:44 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 01:32:44 / January 23, 2018 @ 1:32 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cloverdale, Fort Bragg, Ukiah. The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ukiah (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cloverdale (c. 8 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 3 km E of Willits, CA.
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