A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The temblor was picked up at 00:03:12 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 08:03:12 / July 20, 2019 @ 8:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5265 West, latitude 35.689 North, depth = 6.97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.97 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci38609239. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38609239.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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