A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Unique identifier: ci38558135. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38558135. Exact location of event, depth 2.54 km, -117.6813333° West, 35.8705° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/19 / 2019-07-13 11:15:22 / July 13, 2019 @ 11:15 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:15:22 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.54 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby 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 Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days six hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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