A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5908356° West, 35.6113319° North, depth 6.92 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:30:26 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 21:30:26 / July 5, 2019 @ 9:30 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci38455199. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38455199. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.92 km (4 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 7 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 8 km E of Ridgecrest, CA.
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