A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 3.64 km, -117.7246704° West, 35.8918343° North. The temblor was picked up at 08:22:53 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 16:22:53 / July 8, 2019 @ 4:22 pm. Event id: ci38488887. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38488887. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.64 km (2 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty, 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 have been detected in the same area. 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.
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