A minor earthquake magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38467391, us70004d7h. Id of event: ci38467391. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.74 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 19:49:04 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:49:04 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6839981 West, latitude 35.8610001 North, depth = 6.74 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (16 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and ninety-four, 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 earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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