A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Friday. The temblor was detected at 06:15:33 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 14:15:33 / September 27, 2019 @ 2:15 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -122.8264999 West, latitude 38.838665 North, depth = 2.12 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73281920. Id of event: nc73281920. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.12 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).
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. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 9 km NW of The Geysers, CA.
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