A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Trona in CA on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38463903. Unique identifier: ci38463903. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.8 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 13:41:42 / July 6, 2019 @ 1:41 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5.8 km, -117.4228363° West, 35.5873337° North. The temblor was detected at 05:41:42 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 20 km SSW of Trona, CA.
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