A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 02:36:15 / July 20, 2019 @ 2:36 am. The temblor was detected at 18:36:15 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.98 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38607671. Id of event: ci38607671. Exact location of event, longitude -117.72 West, latitude 35.9076667 North, depth = 4.98 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 17 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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