A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ludlow in California on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.27 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 11:11:22 / June 2, 2016 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -116.0370026° West, 34.715168° North, depth 2.27 km. Event id: ci37367207. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37367207. The temblor was reported at 04:11:22 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Twentynine Palms (c. 25 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yucca Valley (c. 20 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Joshua Tree (c. 7 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 11 km E of Ludlow, California.
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