A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from San Juan Bautista in CA on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73503535. Unique identifier: nc73503535. The temblor was reported at 19:05:47 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 19:05:47 / December 27, 2020 @ 7:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.58 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -121.5784988 West, latitude 36.8428345 North, depth = 3.58 km.
The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mountain View (c. 74 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Patterson, Los Altos Hills, Los Altos. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km W of San Juan Bautista, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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