A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.98 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci38486639. Event ids that are associated: ci38486639. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5238342 West, latitude 35.6711655 North, depth = 8.98 km. Global time and date of event 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 12:21:28 / July 8, 2019 @ 12:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:21:28 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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