A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 07:11:32 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:11 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.91 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38459399. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38459399. Exact location of event, depth 9.91 km, -117.5336667° West, 35.7396667° North. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:11:32 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and eighteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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