A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Coso Junction in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -117.878334 West, latitude 36.1776657 North, depth = 2.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38528039. Unique identifier: ci38528039. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 04:29:54 / July 11, 2019 @ 4:29 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:29:54 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 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. 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 NNE of Coso Junction, CA.
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