A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38443295. Id of event: ci38443295. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 17:52:41 / July 4, 2019 @ 5:52 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:52:41 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.5401667° West, latitude 35.7188333° North, depth = 1.44 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.44 km (1 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 13 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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