A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -117.4918365 West, latitude 35.6828346 North, depth = -0.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.17 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 19:49:04 / July 4, 2019 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci38444047. Event ids that are associated: ci38444047. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:49:04 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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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