A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Danville in CA on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72972581. Unique identifier: nc72972581. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.13 km (4 miles). The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:26:03 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 12:26:03 / February 20, 2018 @ 12:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -121.9919968° West, latitude 37.8303337° North, depth = 6.13 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winters, Ripon, Galt. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 1 km NE of Danville, CA.
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