A 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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