A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from New Idria in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.01 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -120.5285° West, latitude 36.2705° North, depth = 9.01 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:11:23 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 05:11:23 / February 15, 2025 @ 5:11 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75133742. Unique identifier: nc75133742.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soledad, Paso Robles, Lemoore (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km SSE of New Idria, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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