A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 17:36:17 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.75 km (-0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/19 / 2019-07-23 01:36:17 / July 23, 2019 @ 1:36 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5514984 West, latitude 35.743 North, depth = -0.75 km. Id of earthquake: ci38627095. Event ids that are associated: ci38627095.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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