A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.46 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:22:03 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 08:22:03 / July 6, 2019 @ 8:22 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5503333 West, latitude 35.67 North, depth = 4.46 km. Unique identifier: ci38460175. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38460175.
Epicenter of the event was 12 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and twelve, 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 13 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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