A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.56 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38446647. Id of event: ci38446647. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 02:01:59 / July 5, 2019 @ 2:01 am. The 3.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:01:59 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5476685 West, latitude 35.6409988 North, depth = 10.56 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 11 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-seven 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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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 E of Ridgecrest, CA.
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