A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Exact location, longitude -117.5678333° West, latitude 35.5346667° North, depth = 6.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:22:26 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.7 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:22:26 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:22 am. Unique identifier: ci37219492. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37219492.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and fourty-three, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SE of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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