A minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The 3.79-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:50:49 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.71 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -117.739° West, 35.9101667° North, depth 10.71 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:50:49 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:50 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37220316. Id of event: ci37220316.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 five, in the last 10 days nine hundred, in the past 30 days nine hundred and one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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