A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.36 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38991400. Id of event: ci38991400. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:57:59 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/19 / 2019-08-21 09:57:59 / August 21, 2019 @ 9:57 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7278333 West, latitude 35.8883333 North, depth = 4.36 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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