A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Alum Rock in CA. Exact location of event, depth 7.43 km, -121.762001° West, 37.4145012° North. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73410846. Unique identifier: nc73410846. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/20 / 2020-06-17 17:35:02 / June 17, 2020 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:35:02 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.43 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Strawberry, Rio Vista, Salinas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 8 km NE of Alum Rock, CA.
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