A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.34 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:41:29 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/09/19 / 2019-09-03 03:41:29 / September 3, 2019 @ 3:41 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39037688. Unique identifier: ci39037688. Exact location of event, depth 5.34 km, -117.5878296° West, 35.7016678° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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