A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The temblor was reported at 22:07:40 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37420965. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37420965. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.71 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:07:40 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:07 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.4206667 West, latitude 35.6228333 North, depth = 6.71 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighty, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 16 km S of Searles Valley, CA.
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