A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:24:47 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 07:24:47 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:24 am. Id of earthquake: ci38459527. Event ids that are associated: ci38459527. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.13 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.6963333° West, latitude 35.8766667° North, depth = 9.13 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 28 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and eighteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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