A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.551° West, latitude 35.7436667° North, depth = 6.78 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.78 km (4 miles). The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:13:37 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38455103. Id of event: ci38455103. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 21:13:37 / July 5, 2019 @ 9:13 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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