A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Parkfield in CA on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.9800000190735 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -120.36966705322 West, latitude 35.813835144043 North, depth = 7.9800000190735 km. Event id: nc75060796. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75060796. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 06:26:48 / September 12, 2024 @ 6:26 am. The temblor was reported at 06:26:48 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lemoore, Cambria, Los Osos (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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