A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Unique identifier: nc73318686. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73318686. The temblor was detected at 16:54:38 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4.16 km, -121.2988358° West, 36.6744995° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/19 / 2019-12-24 00:54:38 / December 24, 2019 @ 12:54 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.16 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Firebaugh, Scotts Valley, Newman (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 13 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.
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