A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Event id: ci38474463. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38474463. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 09:46:49 / July 7, 2019 @ 9:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.42 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:46:49 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.5128326 West, latitude 35.6706657 North, depth = 3.42 km.
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fifty-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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