A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from San Simeon in California. Id of earthquake: nc72753295. Event ids that are associated: nc72753295. Exact location of earthquake, -121.0910034° West, 35.7296677° North, depth 7.02 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 14:55:29 / January 17, 2017 @ 2:55 pm. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:55:29 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.02 km (4 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soledad, Grover Beach, Coalinga. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km NE of San Simeon, California.
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