A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.24 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38473119. Id of event: ci38473119. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 07:19:14 / July 7, 2019 @ 7:19 am. The temblor was reported at 23:19:14 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.24 km, -117.6419983° West, 35.7801666° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest. Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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