A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.13 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 13:03:35 / July 31, 2019 @ 1:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5370026 West, latitude 35.6658325 North, depth = 9.13 km. The temblor was detected at 05:03:35 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38676103. Event ids that are associated: ci38676103.
Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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