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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Ridgecrest in CA


Earthquake location 35.5536667S, -117.4341667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:28:44 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:28:44 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.77 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38458927. Unique identifier: ci38458927. Exact location of event, depth 1.77 km, -117.4341667° West, 35.5536667° North.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 seventy-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 23 km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4341667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5536667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-06 06:28:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-09 14:10:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 148 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38458927 Id of event.
Event Code 38458927 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38458927, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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