A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Event id: ci37220284. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37220284. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:46:38 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:46 am. The 3.72-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:46:38 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.12 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -117.45° West, latitude 35.6573333° North, depth = 2.12 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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