A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 11:49:50 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38506343. Id of event: ci38506343. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.3 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/07/19 / 2019-07-09 19:49:50 / July 9, 2019 @ 7:49 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7181702 West, latitude 35.9016685 North, depth = 2.3 km.
Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 17 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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