A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5426667 West, latitude 35.6845 North, depth = 2.43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38458607. Unique identifier: ci38458607. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.43 km (2 miles). The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:55:21 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:55:21 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days six hundred and three, in the past 30 days six hundred and four and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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