A light earthquake magnitude 4.77 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Event id: nc73292360. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73292360. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.72 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.77-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:42:30 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/19 / 2019-10-15 19:42:30 / October 15, 2019 @ 7:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.2740021 West, latitude 36.649334 North, depth = 9.72 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Turlock, Winton, Merced (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Merced (c. 79 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Turlock (c. 68 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Cupertino (c. 58 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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