A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Global time and date of event 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 00:20:17 / July 11, 2019 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci38525239. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38525239. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5551667 West, latitude 35.6593333 North, depth = 8.08 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:20:17 / 4:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.08 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close 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 fourty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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