A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Juan Bautista in California on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:57:37 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -121.5397° West, 36.7871° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: ew1764277060. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1764277060. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/25 / 2025-11-27 20:57:37 / November 27, 2025 @ 8:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mountain View (c. 74 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Milpitas (c. 66 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was East Palo Alto, Hilmar-Irwin, Palo Alto (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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