A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.82 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 17:39:35 / July 4, 2019 @ 5:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5794983° West, 35.623333° North, depth 12.18 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.18 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci38443215. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38443215. The 3.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:39:35 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest. The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km E of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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