A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 04:05:21 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38462847. Id of event: ci38462847. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 12:05:21 / July 6, 2019 @ 12:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.39 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6278305 West, latitude 35.7879982 North, depth = 7.39 km.
The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby 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).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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