A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.8451691° West, latitude 36.1796684° North, depth = 1.16 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/17 / 2017-05-25 15:22:53 / May 25, 2017 @ 3:22 pm. Id of earthquake: ci37654463. Event ids that are associated: nc72806451, ci37654463. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.16 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:22:53 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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