A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:12:23 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 13:12:23 / July 5, 2019 @ 1:12 pm. Id of earthquake: ci38451383. Event ids that are associated: ci38451383. Exact location of event, depth 3.69 km, -117.5681686° West, 35.7589989° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.69 km (2 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 15 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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