A minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 21:02:55 / July 4, 2019 @ 9:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.08 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:02:55 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38444543. Id of event: ci38444543. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4853363 West, latitude 35.6896667 North, depth = 7.08 km.
The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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 quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SW of Searles Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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