A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.503334 West, latitude 35.6650009 North, depth = 7.29 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.29 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:12:26 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38482375. Event ids that are associated: ci38482375. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 03:12:26 / July 8, 2019 @ 3:12 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and one, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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