A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.79 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7256699 West, latitude 35.9263344 North, depth = 8.79 km. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:16:02 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38457823. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457823. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:16:02 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:16 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
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-one, in the past 30 days five hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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