A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lompoc in CA on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.09 km (-0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 07:49:24 / October 28, 2024 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40966024. Unique identifier: ci40966024. Exact location of event, longitude -120.5171661 West, latitude 34.5820007 North, depth = -0.09 km. The temblor was reported at 07:49:24 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Lompoc (c. 42 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Goleta (c. 29 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Orcutt (c. 28 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montecito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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 Lompoc, CA.
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