A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cobb in California on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.53 km (-0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 21:21:18 / March 19, 2016 @ 9:21 pm. Unique identifier: nc72609215. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72609215. The temblor was picked up at 14:21:18 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -122.7578354° West, latitude 38.8268318° North, depth = -0.53 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winters, Napa, Petaluma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 3 km W of Cobb, California.
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