A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ci38444215. Event ids that are associated: ci38444215. The temblor was detected at 12:14:50 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 20:14:50 / July 4, 2019 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -117.5130005° West, latitude 35.6991653° North, depth = 2 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 12 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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