A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.79 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:22:33 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/19 / 2019-04-05 22:22:33 / April 5, 2019 @ 10:22 pm. Id of earthquake: nc73161580. Event ids that are associated: nc73161580. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.7618332 West, latitude 38.7883339 North, depth = 0.79 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colusa, Novato, Winters (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 1 km NNW of The Geysers, CA.
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