A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Olancha in CA on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.54 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -118.0238333 West, latitude 36.1746667 North, depth = 2.54 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 09:37:03 / September 13, 2025 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:37:03 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci37743076. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37743076.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest, Alta Sierra.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 12 km S of Olancha, CA.

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