A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 13:39:52 / July 6, 2019 @ 1:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.58 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38463887. Unique identifier: ci38463887. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:39:52 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4301667 West, latitude 35.5525 North, depth = 2.58 km.
Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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