A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The temblor was picked up at 21:40:58 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.74 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.5216675° West, latitude 35.5695° North, depth = 9.74 km. Global time and date of event 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 21:40:58 / July 10, 2019 @ 9:40 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci38523567. Event ids that are associated: ci38523567.
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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