A minor earthquake magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 02:21:27 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4663315 West, latitude 35.6590004 North, depth = 7.83 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 10:21:27 / July 7, 2019 @ 10:21 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38474855. Id of event: ci38474855. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.83 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 13 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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