A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.16 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.6033333° West, latitude 35.775° North, depth = 5.16 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:39:40 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 06:39:40 / July 15, 2019 @ 6:39 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38571415. Id of event: ci38571415.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 thirteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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