A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Olancha in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 00:34:17 / August 19, 2025 @ 12:34 am. The temblor was detected at 00:34:17 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40402354. Unique identifier: ci40402354. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.89 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -118.029° West, latitude 36.1791667° North, depth = 2.89 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest, Alta Sierra.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km S of Olancha, CA.
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