A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.5926666° West, latitude 35.6041679° North, depth = 1.97 km. Event id: ci38450223. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38450223. Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 10:59:38 / July 5, 2019 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.97 km (1 miles). The 3.57-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:59:38 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 7 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Close 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 one hundred and one, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. 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: 8 km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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