A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Global time and date of event 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 09:10:22 / July 7, 2019 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.25 km (4 miles). Event id: ci38474143. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38474143. The temblor was detected at 01:10:22 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.5725021 West, latitude 35.7594986 North, depth = 6.25 km.
The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Close 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 15 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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