A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:30:40 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:30 am. Exact location of event, depth 6.69 km, -117.7036667° West, 35.9115° North. Id of earthquake: ci38458423. Event ids that are associated: ci38458423. The temblor was detected at 21:30:40 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.69 km (4 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 ninety-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days six hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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