A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6800003 West, latitude 35.8759995 North, depth = 5.07 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.07 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:46:39 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 16:46:39 / July 17, 2019 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci38589903. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38589903.
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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