A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 21:40:33 / July 4, 2019 @ 9:40 pm. Id of earthquake: ci38444823. Event ids that are associated: ci38444823. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.04 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -117.518837° West, 35.6691666° North, depth 2.04 km. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:40:33 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 15 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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