A minor earthquake magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.710000038147 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 08:31:00 / July 12, 2025 @ 8:31 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:31:00 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.08516693115 West, latitude 36.541831970215 North, depth = 11.710000038147 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75208732, us7000qc87. Id of event: nc75208732.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Hollister (c. 34 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rio Del Mar, Newman, Morgan Hill (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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