A minor earthquake magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:02:36 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38453279. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38453279. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5821686° West, 35.6175003° North, depth 9.91 km. Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 17:02:36 / July 5, 2019 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.91 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 8 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km E of Ridgecrest, CA.
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