A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 11.25 km, -117.5833359° West, 35.635334° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 13:13:19 / July 12, 2019 @ 1:13 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.25 km (7 miles). The 3.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:13:19 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38548311. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38548311.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km E of Ridgecrest, CA.
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