A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:45:03 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37219956. Unique identifier: ci37219956. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:45:03 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:45 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.98 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -117.4641667° West, 35.5576667° North, depth 4.98 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barstow, Fort Irwin, California City. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and one, in the last 10 days eight hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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