A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38599935. Id of event: ci38599935. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:01:10 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.98 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 00:01:10 / July 19, 2019 @ 12:01 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.4670029 West, latitude 35.6498337 North, depth = 0.98 km.
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days two hundred and two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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