A minor earthquake magnitude 3.78 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from San Miguel Is. in California. Exact location of event, longitude -120.6536636 West, latitude 34.0555 North, depth = 5.75 km. The 3.78-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:46:27 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37200503. Unique identifier: ci37200503. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.75 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 18:46:27 / July 7, 2015 @ 6:46 pm.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Lompoc (c. 42 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Goleta (c. 29 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Isla Vista (c. 23 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vandenberg Village (c. 6 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Solvang (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goleta, Isla Vista, Solvang (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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