A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 04:56:31 / July 7, 2019 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5253296 West, latitude 35.6948318 North, depth = 6.39 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:56:31 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38471927. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38471927, us70004dks. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.39 km (4 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 15 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and sixty-six, 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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