A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.4540024° West, latitude 35.651165° North, depth = 2.67 km. The temblor was detected at 02:03:22 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.67 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 10:03:22 / July 6, 2019 @ 10:03 am. Event id: ci38461351. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38461351.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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