A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -117.434 West, latitude 35.6365 North, depth = 2.72 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.72 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:14:17 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 17:14:17 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci38466063. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38466063.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
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 fourty-four, 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km S of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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