A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.06 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.48983 West, latitude 35.6725006 North, depth = 3.06 km. The 3.68-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:58:59 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 23:58:59 / July 10, 2019 @ 11:58 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci38525047. Event ids that are associated: ci38525047.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days six hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 13 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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