A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Trona in CA on Sunday. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:59:54 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.03 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: ci38483199. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38483199. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 04:59:54 / July 8, 2019 @ 4:59 am. Exact location, longitude -117.2846667° West, latitude 35.9586667° North, depth = 5.03 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days six hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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