A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 1.22 km, -117.7408371° West, 35.8380013° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.22 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:09:33 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38668479. Id of event: ci38668479. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/19 / 2019-07-29 23:09:33 / July 29, 2019 @ 11:09 pm.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 18 km SE of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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