A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.65 km (1 miles). Event id: ci38451063. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38451063. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5508333° West, 35.7183333° North, depth 1.65 km. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:37:18 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 12:37:18 / July 5, 2019 @ 12:37 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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