A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.84 km (6 miles). Event id: ci38469903. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38469903. Exact location, longitude -117.4506683° West, latitude 35.6474991° North, depth = 9.84 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 00:53:51 / July 7, 2019 @ 12:53 am. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:53:51 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 four hundred and thirty-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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