A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -121.0026703 West, latitude 36.4640007 North, depth = 8.84 km. Global time and date of event 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 04:50:46 / June 23, 2018 @ 4:50 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73034736. Id of event: nc73034736. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.84 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:50:46 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gilroy, Seaside, Marina (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hollister (c. 34 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Seaside (c. 33 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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