A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.24 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:42:32 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.41° West, 35.7625° North, depth 10.24 km. Id of earthquake: ci38579815. Event ids that are associated: ci38579815. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/19 / 2019-07-16 09:42:32 / July 16, 2019 @ 9:42 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest. Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 thirteen, in the last 10 days four hundred and two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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