A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Grapevine in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.68 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 04:48:20 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:48:20 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 11.68 km, -119.1106644° West, 35.0978317° North. Id of earthquake: ci40865552. Event ids that are associated: ci40865552.
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delano, Mira Monte, Ojai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA.
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