A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.42 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:42:54 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:42:54 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:42 am. Exact location of event, depth 5.42 km, -117.6273346° West, 35.7154999° North. Event id: ci38458007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458007.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days five hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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