A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6894989 West, latitude 35.8791656 North, depth = 1.47 km. Id of earthquake: ci38457999. Event ids that are associated: ci38457999. The temblor was reported at 20:41:49 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:41:49 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:41 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.47 km (1 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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 ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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