A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:01:38 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.54 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/08/19 / 2019-08-11 18:01:38 / August 11, 2019 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci38956352. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38956352. Exact location, longitude -117.4524994° West, latitude 35.6461678° North, depth = 2.54 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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