A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA on Wednesday. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:14:29 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38594383. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38594383. Exact location, longitude -117.8905029° West, latitude 36.1148338° North, depth = 2.57 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.57 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/19 / 2019-07-18 06:14:29 / July 18, 2019 @ 6:14 am.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NE of Coso Junction, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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