A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38561839. Id of event: ci38561839. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.36 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:58:40 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.5413361° West, latitude 35.6861649° North, depth = 5.36 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/19 / 2019-07-13 22:58:40 / July 13, 2019 @ 10:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days seven hundred and five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 14 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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