A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Monday. The temblor was detected at 00:27:59 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.43 km, -122.8246689° West, 38.8113327° North. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73150546. Unique identifier: nc73150546. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/03/19 / 2019-03-11 08:27:59 / March 11, 2019 @ 8:27 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.43 km (1 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napa, Williams, Petaluma.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 7 km WNW of The Geysers, CA.
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