A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.61 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:53:39 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:53 am. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:53:39 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457719. Id of event: ci38457719. Exact location of earthquake, -117.6604996° West, 35.8419991° North, depth 3.61 km.
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby 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).
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 ten, in the past 30 days five hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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