A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.83 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:56:21 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:56 am. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:56:21 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38459239. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38459239. Exact location of earthquake, -117.4814987° West, 35.6860008° North, depth 6.83 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
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 fifty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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