A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.33 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 16:55:15 / July 10, 2019 @ 4:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:55:15 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.8471667° West, 36.051° North, depth 2.33 km. Event id: ci38520495. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38520495.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 fifty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 9 km E of Coso Junction, CA.
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