A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The temblor was reported at 02:25:23 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38461607. Id of event: ci38461607. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 10:25:23 / July 6, 2019 @ 10:25 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.04 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.7268295° West, latitude 35.8979988° North, depth = 4.04 km.
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 fourty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 17 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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