A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 16:16:58 / July 19, 2019 @ 4:16 pm. Event id: ci38605023. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38605023. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.8 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:16:58 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4940033 West, latitude 35.7145004 North, depth = 3.8 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and two 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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