A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.62 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.5501633° West, latitude 35.706665° North, depth = 1.62 km. Unique identifier: ci38458543. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38458543. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:46:06 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:46:06 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:46 am.
Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and sixty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 15 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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