A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.47 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:31:56 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:31 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:31:56 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38458431. Event ids that are associated: ci38458431. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6838303 West, latitude 35.8486671 North, depth = 5.47 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
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 thirty, 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 has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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