A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Global time and date of event 07/09/19 / 2019-09-07 20:37:19 / September 7, 2019 @ 8:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:37:19 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38817607. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38817607. Exact location of event, depth 7.62 km, -117.5353317° West, 35.6586685° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.62 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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). Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 13 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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