A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.45 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38584855, nn00695766. Id of event: ci38584855. The temblor was detected at 17:47:24 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.45 km, -117.4783325° West, 35.6245003° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 01:47:24 / July 17, 2019 @ 1:47 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
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 two hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 17 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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