A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.8473333° West, latitude 36.0808333° North, depth = 2.25 km. Global time and date of event 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 13:29:20 / July 22, 2019 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38623663. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38623663. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:29:20 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.25 km (1 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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