A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Fort Irwin in California. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/15 / 2015-11-09 10:26:48 / November 9, 2015 @ 10:26 am. The temblor was reported at 02:26:48 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.11 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37487976. Id of event: ci37487976. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.6429977 West, latitude 35.086834 North, depth = -0.11 km.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barstow Heights, Barstow, Fort Irwin (min 5000 pop). Close 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 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 20 km S of Fort Irwin, California.
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