A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Taylorsville in CA on Friday. Exact location, longitude -120.805336° West, latitude 40.0408325° North, depth = -1.8 km. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:03:12 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.8 km (-1 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc73125221. Unique identifier: nc73125221. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 05:03:12 / December 22, 2018 @ 5:03 am.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paradise, Magalia, Susanville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SE of Taylorsville, CA.
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