A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38443471. Unique identifier: ci38443471. Global time and date of event 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:17:15 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:17 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:17:15 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.43 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.5456667° West, latitude 35.7171667° North, depth = 1.43 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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 WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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