A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 11:58:49 / July 5, 2019 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.77 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38450663. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38450663. The temblor was picked up at 03:58:49 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.585 West, latitude 35.648 North, depth = 6.77 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 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 and eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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