A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5530014 West, latitude 35.7226677 North, depth = 1.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.02 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:11:38 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38447591. Id of event: ci38447591. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 04:11:38 / July 5, 2019 @ 4:11 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days one hundred and six 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.
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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 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: 14 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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