A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38467279. Unique identifier: ci38467279. Exact location, longitude -117.8375° West, latitude 36.1111667° North, depth = 3.33 km. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:35:10 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3.33 km (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 19:35:10 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:35 pm.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 12 km NE of Coso Junction, CA.
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