A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 15:12:01 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.6 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci38464839. Event ids that are associated: ci38464839. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5626678 West, latitude 35.651165 North, depth = 3.6 km. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:12:01 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and fourty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 11 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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