A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Global time and date of event 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 05:30:38 / July 21, 2019 @ 5:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 4.2 km, -117.5041656° West, 35.6446648° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.2 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:30:38 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38615255. Id of event: ci38615255.
Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km E of Ridgecrest, CA.
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