A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.45 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:37:33 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4213333 West, latitude 35.6173325 North, depth = 2.45 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 11:37:33 / July 11, 2019 @ 11:37 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38532095. Unique identifier: ci38532095.
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days six hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 17 km S of Searles Valley, CA.
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