A minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The temblor was detected at 07:42:51 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.66 km, -117.8443298° West, 36.1800003° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.66 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37654479, nc72806461. Id of event: ci37654479. Global time and date of event 25/05/17 / 2017-05-25 15:42:51 / May 25, 2017 @ 3:42 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter 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/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NNE of Coso Junction, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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