A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from The Geysers in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73174115. Unique identifier: nc73174115. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.88 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -122.8010025 West, latitude 38.8199997 North, depth = 2.88 km. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:43:13 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/19 / 2019-04-29 19:43:13 / April 29, 2019 @ 7:43 pm.
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napa, Williams, Petaluma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA.
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