A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Fontana in California. The temblor was picked up at 20:29:28 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.63 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 03:29:28 / September 12, 2015 @ 3:29 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.4745026 West, latitude 34.1568336 North, depth = 11.63 km. Unique identifier: ci37241463. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37241463.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Westmont, Temecula, Dana Point. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NNW of Fontana, California.
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