A minor earthquake magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:17:31 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6135025 West, latitude 35.7806664 North, depth = 7.73 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/07/19 / 2019-07-09 08:17:31 / July 9, 2019 @ 8:17 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.73 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: ci38498615. Event ids that are associated: ci38498615.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 19 km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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