A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:39:09 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:39 am. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:39:09 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.42 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5441666 West, latitude 35.7303352 North, depth = 2.42 km. Id of earthquake: ci38459031. Event ids that are associated: ci38459031.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and ninety-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. Every 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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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: 13 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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