A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.7346667° West, 35.9125° North, depth 3.13 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.13 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 09:14:51 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:14 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38460823. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38460823. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:14:51 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and thirty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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 E of Little Lake, CA.
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