A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.8865° West, 36.1111667° North, depth 1.56 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.56 km (1 miles). Id of earthquake: ci38598855. Event ids that are associated: ci38598855. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/19 / 2019-07-18 20:16:54 / July 18, 2019 @ 8:16 pm. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:16:54 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km NE of Coso Junction, CA.
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