A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 23:34:13 / July 10, 2019 @ 11:34 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5118333 West, latitude 35.6745 North, depth = 9.64 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.64 km (6 miles). The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:34:13 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38524823. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38524823.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, 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. 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.
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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: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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