A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:02:35 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.5 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -117.8668365° West, 36.0931664° North, depth 3.5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/19 / 2019-09-23 05:02:35 / September 23, 2019 @ 5:02 am. Unique identifier: ci38852871. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38852871.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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