A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.14 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 12:23:57 / July 5, 2019 @ 12:23 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:23:57 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38450935. Id of event: ci38450935. Exact location, longitude -117.5285034° West, latitude 35.7228317° North, depth = 3.14 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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