A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:45:57 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:45 am. Exact location of earthquake, -117.4831667° West, 35.6458333° North, depth 2.61 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.61 km (2 miles). The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:45:57 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38459111. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38459111.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and ninety-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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