A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Lake Pillsbury in CA on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.83 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/20 / 2020-08-19 02:55:03 / August 19, 2020 @ 2:55 am. Event id: nc73446496. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73446496. Exact location of event, depth 18.83 km, -123.1011658° West, 39.3983345° North. The temblor was reported at 02:55:03 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cloverdale, Clearlake, Fort Bragg (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Ukiah (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Clearlake (c. 15 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cloverdale (c. 8 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fort Bragg (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 12 km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA.
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