A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Event id: ci38468047. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38468047. The temblor was detected at 13:12:54 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 21:12:54 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:12 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.21 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7125 West, latitude 35.9145 North, depth = 7.21 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Close 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. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 18 km E of Little Lake, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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