A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38581967. Id of event: ci38581967. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.46 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.46 km, -117.6295° West, 35.8075° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:59:52 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/19 / 2019-07-16 15:59:52 / July 16, 2019 @ 3:59 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 21 km WNW of Searles Valley, CA.
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