A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.13 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.5090027° West, latitude 35.7116661° North, depth = 7.13 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 13:20:26 / August 2, 2019 @ 1:20 pm. Id of earthquake: ci38684079. Event ids that are associated: ci38684079. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:20:26 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest. 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. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 11 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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