A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:35:07 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.6278333° West, 35.8116667° North, depth 1.63 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.63 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci38507415. Event ids that are associated: ci38507415. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/19 / 2019-07-09 21:35:07 / July 9, 2019 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-seven 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km WNW of Searles Valley, CA.
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