A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72966896. Unique identifier: nc72966896. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:39:01 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.52 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 01:39:01 / February 10, 2018 @ 1:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.8176651 West, latitude 38.8116684 North, depth = 2.52 km.
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Novato, Winters, Napa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA.
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