A minor earthquake magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.13 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.4321667° West, latitude 35.6175° North, depth = 10.13 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:39:14 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:39 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37421221. Unique identifier: ci37421221. The 3.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:14 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barstow, Fort Irwin, California City (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 five hundred and eighty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 17 km S of Searles Valley, CA.
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