A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.38 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 21:13:55 / July 15, 2019 @ 9:13 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:13:55 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38576223. Unique identifier: ci38576223. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5258331 West, latitude 35.6716652 North, depth = 6.38 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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