A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.71 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 07:50:02 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:50 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38459839. Id of event: ci38459839. Exact location of event, depth 3.71 km, -117.5578308° West, 35.7026672° North. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:50:02 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and fourty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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