A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6873322 West, latitude 35.8778343 North, depth = 2.66 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38499303. Id of event: ci38499303. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/19 / 2019-07-09 09:22:32 / July 9, 2019 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.66 km (2 miles). The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:22:32 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 21 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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