A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7088318 West, latitude 35.8631668 North, depth = 7.44 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 10:50:46 / July 6, 2019 @ 10:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:50:46 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.44 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38461903. Id of event: ci38461903.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and six, in the last 10 days five hundred and seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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