A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:02:48 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.87 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.7205° West, latitude 35.9101667° North, depth = 1.87 km. Event id: ci38467991. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38467991. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 21:02:48 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:02 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and seventy-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 17 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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