A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:41:45 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6986694 West, latitude 35.8741684 North, depth = 2.14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.14 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 07:41:45 / September 8, 2019 @ 7:41 am. Id of earthquake: ci38818519. Event ids that are associated: ci38818519.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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