A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 11:27:18 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.24 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci38443895. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38443895. Exact location of event, depth 6.24 km, -117.48° West, 35.6696667° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 19:27:18 / July 4, 2019 @ 7:27 pm.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and one, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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