A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Monday. Global time and date of event 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 10:44:12 / July 8, 2019 @ 10:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.26 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.26 km, -117.731° West, 35.9013333° North. Event id: ci38485711. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38485711. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:44:12 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 16 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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