A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5651667° West, 35.7266667° North, depth 0.09 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:58:07 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.09 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: ci38443727. Event ids that are associated: ci38443727. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:58:07 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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