A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.44 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:57:31 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 17:57:31 / July 4, 2019 @ 5:57 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38443311. Id of event: ci38443311. Exact location of earthquake, -117.525° West, 35.661° North, depth 1.44 km.
The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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