A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.55 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: ci39094760. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39094760. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 08:55:24 / September 26, 2019 @ 8:55 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4463348 West, latitude 35.6645012 North, depth = 7.55 km. The temblor was detected at 00:55:24 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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