A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5391693 West, latitude 35.690834 North, depth = 0.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.16 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38443287. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38443287. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:51:46 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 17:51:46 / July 4, 2019 @ 5:51 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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