A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38465735. Id of event: ci38465735. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 16:40:46 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:40 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.26 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.9003333 West, latitude 36.0835 North, depth = 0.26 km. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:40:46 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days six hundred and six 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. 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: 6 km NE of Coso Junction, CA.
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