A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:13 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.67 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38462167. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38462167. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 11:15:13 / July 6, 2019 @ 11:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6998333 West, latitude 35.8758333 North, depth = 6.67 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days six hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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