A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:43:50 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5.08 km, -117.713° West, 35.8683333° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458519. Id of event: ci38458519. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.08 km (3 miles). The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:43:50 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and ninety-two, 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 and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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