A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.7243333° West, 35.8946667° North, depth 2.69 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 19:48:08 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:48 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:48:08 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.69 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: ci38467375. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38467375.
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 17 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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