A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 14:40:29 / July 5, 2019 @ 2:40 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.28 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.6133347° West, latitude 35.5613327° North, depth = 3.28 km. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:40:29 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38452103. Id of event: ci38452103.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 9 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SE of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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