A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.24 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/19 / 2019-08-12 23:41:27 / August 12, 2019 @ 11:41 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:41:27 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38961520. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38961520. Exact location of event, depth 4.24 km, -117.7141667° West, 35.8701667° North.
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 19 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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