A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 07:15:26 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5051651° West, 35.7034988° North, depth 4.53 km. The temblor was reported at 23:15:26 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.53 km (3 miles). Event id: ci38459439. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00691230, ci38459439.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 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 thirty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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