A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.541832 West, latitude 35.7481651 North, depth = 2.26 km. The temblor was detected at 10:03:18 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.26 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:03:18 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:03 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38443359, nn00689200. Id of event: ci38443359.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-six, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km W of Searles Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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