A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 11:37:10 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 19:37:10 / July 7, 2019 @ 7:37 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.76 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38479143. Unique identifier: ci38479143. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.526001 West, latitude 35.6549988 North, depth = 9.76 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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