A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Event id: ci39364319. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39364319, us7000beqq. The temblor was detected at 08:06:06 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.775 West, latitude 36.0348333 North, depth = 1.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.91 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/20 / 2020-08-29 08:06:06 / August 29, 2020 @ 8:06 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km E of Coso Junction, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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