A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Unique identifier: ci38559367. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38559367. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.04 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.625 West, latitude 35.8885002 North, depth = 15.04 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:54:31 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/19 / 2019-07-13 14:54:31 / July 13, 2019 @ 2:54 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days six hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km NW of Searles Valley, CA.
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