A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Saturday. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:29:41 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.56 km, -117.3649979° West, 36.0563316° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.56 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: ci38690607. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38690607. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 05:29:41 / August 4, 2019 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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