A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.49 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38585303. Unique identifier: ci38585303. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:22:49 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 3.49 km, -117.8899994° West, 36.1184998° North. Global time and date of event 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 03:22:49 / July 17, 2019 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NNE of Coso Junction, CA.
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