A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Greenville in California. Event id: nn00518667. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00518667, nc72554711. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:42:54 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -121.0789° West, 40.185° North, depth 11 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 16:42:54 / November 12, 2015 @ 4:42 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paradise, Magalia, Susanville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven 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.
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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 WNW of Greenville, California.
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Fawn
I felt an Earthquake this morning around 5:30am in Lake County on Cobb Mt., and it felt like a 4 pointer or more, and it came from the North East so it was not a geyser quake.