A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Bodfish in CA. The temblor was picked up at 21:32:02 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -118.2678299 West, latitude 35.4521675 North, depth = 6.6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.6 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40170314. Id of event: ci40170314. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 21:32:02 / January 28, 2025 @ 9:32 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rosamond (c. 18 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Greenacres, Bakersfield, Oildale (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km SE of Bodfish, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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