A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.61 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 09:11:35 / July 7, 2019 @ 9:11 am UTC/GMT. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:11:35 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38474151. Event ids that are associated: ci38474151. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7080002 West, latitude 35.9331665 North, depth = 1.61 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and seventy-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 18 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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