A minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. Exact location of event, depth 7.5900001525879 km, -121.2311630249° West, 36.600833892822° North. The 3.56-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:44:44 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 01:44:44 / December 22, 2024 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.5900001525879 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc75106461. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75106461.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz, Newman, Live Oak (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 11 km NW of Pinnacles, CA.
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