A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/20 / 2020-02-25 17:16:03 / February 25, 2020 @ 5:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.4628296° West, 35.6795006° North, depth 3.17 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:16:03 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci39083119. Event ids that are associated: ci39083119. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.17 km (2 miles).
Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 11 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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