A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:11:41 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 11:11:41 / July 6, 2019 @ 11:11 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.7 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1.7 km, -117.7146683° West, 35.8926659° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38462111. Unique identifier: ci38462111.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close 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 seventy-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-three 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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