A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. Global time and date of event 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 02:54:39 / July 15, 2019 @ 2:54 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38570271. Id of event: ci38570271. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5041656° West, 35.6641655° North, depth 8.73 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:54:39 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.73 km (5 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 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 thirteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, 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 nearby.
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