A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in California on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5543° West, 35.6578° North, depth 1.27 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:43:29 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.27 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 17:43:29 / July 4, 2019 @ 5:43 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70004a0z. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38443247, us70004a0z.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and seventy-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km ENE of Ridgecrest, California.
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