A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Coso Junction in CA on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 02:52:13 / July 19, 2019 @ 2:52 am. Exact location, longitude -117.8280029° West, latitude 36.1238327° North, depth = 2.86 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.86 km (2 miles). Id of earthquake: ci38600815. Event ids that are associated: ci38600815. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:52:13 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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