A minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6146698 West, latitude 35.7843323 North, depth = 7.6 km. The 3.55-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:42 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.6 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 12:18:42 / August 2, 2019 @ 12:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38683903. Id of event: ci38683903.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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