A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458783. Id of event: ci38458783. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:16:01 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:16 am. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:16:01 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.6741667° West, 35.8556667° North, depth 5.66 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.66 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 23 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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