A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.6316667° West, latitude 35.8045° North, depth = 3.65 km. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:31:47 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 19:31:47 / December 14, 2019 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci39230816. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39230816. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.65 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 21 km N of Ridgecrest, CA.
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