A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 19:52:13 / July 4, 2019 @ 7:52 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.83 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -117.590332° West, 35.6086655° North, depth 4.83 km. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:13 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38444071. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38444071.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 7 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-eight, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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