A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Id of earthquake: ci38458487. Event ids that are associated: ci38458487. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:39:14 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.77 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6275024 West, latitude 35.7988319 North, depth = 7.77 km. The temblor was detected at 21:39:14 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest.
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 seventeen, in the last 10 days five hundred and eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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