A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 02:42:17 / July 7, 2019 @ 2:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.95 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:42:17 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.4846667 West, latitude 35.6551667 North, depth = 2.95 km. Event id: ci38470735. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38470735.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and ten and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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