A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Parkfield in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -120.5916672° West, 36.0253334° North, depth 4.33 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.33 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:20:34 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/20 / 2020-11-02 02:20:34 / November 2, 2020 @ 2:20 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73477136. Id of event: nc73477136.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morro Bay, Cambria, Greenfield (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Coalinga (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NW of Parkfield, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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