A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The temblor was detected at 19:26:40 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:26:40 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:26 am. Exact location of earthquake, -117.6955° West, 35.8998333° North, depth 6.89 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.89 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37219548. Id of event: ci37219548.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and fourty-eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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