A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Olancha in CA on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38534591. Id of event: ci38534591. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/19 / 2019-07-11 16:19:08 / July 11, 2019 @ 4:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.8816681° West, 36.1813316° North, depth -0.86 km. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:19:08 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.86 km (-1 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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