A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.19 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6853333 West, latitude 36.068 North, depth = 0.19 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/19 / 2019-03-20 12:06:02 / March 20, 2019 @ 12:06 pm. Id of earthquake: ci38277999. Event ids that are associated: ci38277999. The temblor was reported at 04:06:02 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 24 km E of Coso Junction, CA.
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