A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Unique identifier: ci39096944. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39096944. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.71 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 15:34:32 / September 27, 2019 @ 3:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 07:34:32 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6563339 West, latitude 35.8311653 North, depth = 2.71 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 23 km N of Ridgecrest, CA.
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