A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -117.6988297° West, latitude 35.8683319° North, depth = 3.2 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.2 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:49:15 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 15:49:15 / July 7, 2019 @ 3:49 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci38477319. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38477319.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-eight, 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 was reported 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. 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: 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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