A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Monday. Exact location, longitude -117.5021667° West, latitude 35.6688347° North, depth = 0.89 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.89 km (1 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 17:50:01 / July 8, 2019 @ 5:50 pm. The 3.48-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:50:01 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38489727. Unique identifier: ci38489727.
Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-four 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: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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