A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6334991 West, latitude 35.8030014 North, depth = 2.64 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 02:59:17 / July 7, 2019 @ 2:59 am. The temblor was detected at 18:59:17 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.64 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38470887, us70004dhh. Unique identifier: ci38470887.
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and one, 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 nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km N of Ridgecrest, CA.
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