A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -117.7176667 West, latitude 35.8996667 North, depth = 8.56 km. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:12:00 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37421821. Id of event: ci37421821. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.56 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 15:12:00 / July 17, 2019 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 eighteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-five 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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