A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 6.2 km, -117.5559998° West, 35.7443352° North. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:54:32 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.2 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 13:54:32 / September 29, 2019 @ 1:54 pm. Unique identifier: ci39100080. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39100080.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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