A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5578308° West, 35.7654991° North, depth 8.33 km. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:38:57 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 13:38:57 / July 10, 2019 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38518287. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38518287. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.33 km (5 miles).
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and three, in the past 30 days six hundred and four and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 14 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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