A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Grapevine in CA on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: ci38441215. Event ids that are associated: ci38441215. Exact location, longitude -118.9311676° West, latitude 35.0553322° North, depth = 7.29 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/19 / 2019-07-02 22:40:56 / July 2, 2019 @ 10:40 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:40:56 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.29 km (5 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Paula (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quartz Hill, Santa Paula, Mira Monte (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four 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.
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