A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from San Juan Bautista in CA. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:06:14 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.9099998474121 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.58666992188 West, latitude 36.841331481934 North, depth = 5.9099998474121 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/25 / 2025-03-04 06:06:14 / March 4, 2025 @ 6:06 am. Unique identifier: nc75142516. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75142516.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mountain View (c. 74 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Mountain View.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 4 km W of San Juan Bautista, CA.
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