A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. Unique identifier: ci38616575. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38616575. The temblor was detected at 02:33:47 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 10:33:47 / July 21, 2019 @ 10:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, -117.509° West, 35.677° North, depth 4.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.8 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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