A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Brentwood in CA. The temblor was reported at 04:29:46 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.909999847412 km (11 miles). Exact location, longitude -121.77100372315° West, latitude 37.865501403809° North, depth = 17.909999847412 km. Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 04:29:46 / July 12, 2024 @ 4:29 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75033907. Id of event: nc75033907.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boyes Hot Springs, Ceres, Florin (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five 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.
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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. 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: 8 km SW of Brentwood, CA.
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