A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 03:26:23 / July 12, 2019 @ 3:26 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.91 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -117.7061691° West, 35.8683319° North, depth 3.91 km. Id of earthquake: ci38541351. Event ids that are associated: ci38541351. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:26:23 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 thirty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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