A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 20:37:06 / July 14, 2019 @ 8:37 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38568471. Id of event: ci38568471. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.33 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:37:06 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.5824966° West, 35.7654991° North, depth 6.33 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 twelve, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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