A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact location, longitude -117.4781647° West, latitude 35.6865005° North, depth = 6.98 km. The temblor was reported at 16:51:53 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38456623. Event ids that are associated: ci38456623. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 00:51:53 / July 6, 2019 @ 12:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.98 km (4 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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