A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 17:54:18 / July 20, 2019 @ 5:54 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38612055. Id of event: ci38612055. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7060013 West, latitude 35.9505005 North, depth = 2.51 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:54:18 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.51 km (2 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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