A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from North Shore in CA on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38162264. Unique identifier: ci38162264. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.11 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 11:10:46 / May 2, 2018 @ 11:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:10:46 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -115.9786667° West, latitude 33.5695° North, depth = 28.11 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Calipatria (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 6 km NW of North Shore, CA.
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