A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.47 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38460471, nn00691343. Id of event: ci38460471. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 08:46:32 / July 6, 2019 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -117.5970001° West, latitude 35.6778336° North, depth = 5.47 km. The temblor was detected at 00:46:32 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter).
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). Epicenter of the event was 9 km (6 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and thirty-two, 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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