A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 06:45:16 / July 8, 2019 @ 6:45 am. Id of earthquake: ci38483983. Event ids that are associated: ci38483983. Exact location, longitude -117.5674973° West, latitude 35.7290001° North, depth = 6.24 km. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:45:16 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.24 km (4 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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