A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 07:30:51 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:30 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.31 km (3 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:51 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38459591. Event ids that are associated: ci38459591. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5198333 West, latitude 35.677 North, depth = 4.31 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and fourty-four, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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