A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:27:28 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.6948333° West, latitude 35.8705° North, depth = 1.36 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 11:27:28 / August 3, 2019 @ 11:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38687623. Unique identifier: ci38687623. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.36 km (1 miles).
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days nine hundred and one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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 ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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