A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 05:46:24 / February 26, 2025 @ 5:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.5699996948242 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 8.5699996948242 km, -121.32183074951° West, 36.667999267578° North. Unique identifier: nc75139226. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1740548780, nc75139226. The 3.59-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:24 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Gatos, Mendota, Ben Lomond (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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