A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.41 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.7375031° West, latitude 35.8434982° North, depth = 3.41 km. The temblor was reported at 22:40:29 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39099712. Id of event: ci39099712. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 06:40:29 / September 29, 2019 @ 6:40 am.
Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 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. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km SE of Little Lake, CA.
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