A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The temblor was reported at 17:08:53 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.29 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38446343. Id of event: ci38446343. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 01:08:53 / July 5, 2019 @ 1:08 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5511703 West, latitude 35.7254982 North, depth = 1.29 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-two, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply