A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.76 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -117.5453339° West, 35.6479988° North, depth 3.76 km. The temblor was reported at 01:46:29 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 09:46:29 / July 5, 2019 @ 9:46 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38449719. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38449719.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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