A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4396667 West, latitude 35.618 North, depth = 3.66 km. The temblor was detected at 02:15:01 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 10:15:01 / July 6, 2019 @ 10:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.66 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci38461495. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38461495.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and ten, in the last 10 days six hundred and ten, in the past 30 days six hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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