A light earthquake with magnitude 4.13 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 18:58:30 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc73014276. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73014276. Exact location, longitude -122.7971649° West, latitude 38.8121681° North, depth = 1.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.15 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 02:58:30 / May 10, 2018 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fairfield, Woodland, Lucas Valley-Marinwood (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Woodland (c. 55 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NW of The Geysers, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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