A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Kernville in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 08:35:09 / December 20, 2017 @ 8:35 am. Exact location of event, longitude -118.395 West, latitude 36.0066667 North, depth = 2.51 km. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:35:09 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.51 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37833503. Id of event: ci37833503.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Porterville (c. 54 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lindsay (c. 11 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Exeter (c. 10 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from East Porterville (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Exeter, Lindsay, Porterville.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km N of Kernville, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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