A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7208333 West, latitude 35.9028333 North, depth = 8.24 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.24 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:39:41 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:39 am. Id of earthquake: ci37219852. Event ids that are associated: ci37219852. The temblor was detected at 19:39:41 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, 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 eighty-seven, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 17 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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