A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Friday. Id of earthquake: nc73344415. Event ids that are associated: nc73344415. The temblor was reported at 18:33:21 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.04 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/20 / 2020-02-22 02:33:21 / February 22, 2020 @ 2:33 am. Exact location of event, longitude -122.7403336 West, latitude 38.762001 North, depth = 2.04 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Novato, Winters, Williams.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km SE of The Geysers, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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