A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Trona in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 02:26:13 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/19 / 2019-07-13 10:26:13 / July 13, 2019 @ 10:26 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.41 km, -117.4055° West, 35.5983333° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.41 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38557903. Unique identifier: ci38557903.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days six hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 19 km S of Trona, CA.
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