A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38466855. Unique identifier: ci38466855. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.62 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:47:46 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.4824982° West, 35.6976662° North, depth 3.62 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 18:47:46 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:47 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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