A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 12:57:33 / July 17, 2019 @ 12:57 pm. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:57:33 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.683° West, latitude 35.9261667° North, depth = 2.22 km. Event id: ci38588455. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38588455. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.22 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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