A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:28:43 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:28 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5718307 West, latitude 35.6660004 North, depth = 4.24 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.24 km (3 miles). The 3.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:28:43 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38443543. Event ids that are associated: ci38443543.
Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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