A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Oakland in CA on Monday. Unique identifier: nc73016050. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73016050. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.03 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:18:34 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 02:18:34 / May 15, 2018 @ 2:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -122.1943359° West, latitude 37.8078346° North, depth = 9.03 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was August, Santa Rosa, Roseland (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 3 km ENE of Oakland, CA.
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