A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The temblor was reported at 07:50:49 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.38 km, -117.5179977° West, 35.6790009° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.38 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 15:50:49 / July 7, 2019 @ 3:50 pm. Unique identifier: ci38477335. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38477335.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-four, 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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