A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Inyokern in California. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.29 km (1 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:34:13 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38006480. Event ids that are associated: ci38006480. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 18:34:13 / September 19, 2017 @ 6:34 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.7634964° West, 36.0231667° North, depth 1.29 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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