A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 07:18:33 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.92 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.435997° West, latitude 35.6199989° North, depth = 2.92 km. Global time and date of event 03/11/19 / 2019-11-03 15:18:33 / November 3, 2019 @ 3:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38930111. Id of event: ci38930111.
Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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