A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cantua Creek in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -120.360496521 West, latitude 36.577167510986 North, depth = 1.9800000190735 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 23:31:51 / December 20, 2024 @ 11:31 pm. The 3.68-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:31:51 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75106056. Event ids that are associated: nc75106056. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.9800000190735 km (1 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Greenfield, Merced, Reedley (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Merced (c. 79 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNW of Cantua Creek, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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