A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38483119. Id of event: ci38483119. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:49:48 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 04:49:48 / July 8, 2019 @ 4:49 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.02 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5.02 km, -117.4226667° West, 35.6445° North.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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