A minor earthquake magnitude 3.77 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -117.4853333° West, 35.6596667° North, depth 5.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37219644. Id of event: ci37219644. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:31:24 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:31 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.2 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:31:24 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and sixty-four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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