A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Fort Irwin in CA on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 08:16:11 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37412335. Id of event: ci37412335. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 15:16:11 / July 11, 2016 @ 3:16 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.22 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -116.3865 West, latitude 35.4775 North, depth = 0.22 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
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 thirteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km NE of Fort Irwin, CA.
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