A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location of event, depth 7.03 km, -117.6026688° West, 35.6151657° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.03 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:55:56 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 04:55:56 / July 15, 2019 @ 4:55 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38570919. Unique identifier: ci38570919.
Earthquake epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 fourteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km E of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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