A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The temblor was reported at 17:21:50 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.68 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38525895. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38525895. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 01:21:50 / July 11, 2019 @ 1:21 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.8566666 West, latitude 36.0341682 North, depth = 1.68 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 fourty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km E of Coso Junction, CA.
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