A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Maricopa in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 01:54:14 / September 2, 2024 @ 1:54 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:54:14 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.43 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -119.1391678° West, latitude 35.0801659° North, depth = 6.43 km. Id of earthquake: ci40722023. Event ids that are associated: ci40722023.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delano, Mira Monte, Ojai.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 24 km E of Maricopa, CA.
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