A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.08 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:06:56 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38458207. Event ids that are associated: ci38458207, us70004btf. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:06:56 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7531662 West, latitude 35.916832 North, depth = 3.08 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
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 fifty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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