A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 19:40:04 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.82 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.697998 West, latitude 35.909832 North, depth = 4.82 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:40:04 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:40 am. Event id: ci38457631. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457631.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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