A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Piedmont in CA. The temblor was picked up at 04:42:08 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.65 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: nc73133456. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73133456. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 12:42:08 / January 16, 2019 @ 12:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -122.2336655° West, 37.8525009° North, depth 11.65 km.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lathrop, Stockton, Sebastopol (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km N of Piedmont, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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