A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:31:05 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:31 am. Exact location, longitude -117.6681671° West, latitude 35.8328323° North, depth = 1.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.54 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: ci38457927. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38457927, nn00690970. The 3.48-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:05 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (15 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty-one, 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 occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km N of Ridgecrest, CA.
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