A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.46 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci37220292. Event ids that are associated: ci37220292. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:47:00 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:47 am. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:47:00 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.7436667° West, latitude 35.902° North, depth = 8.46 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourteen 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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