A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact location of event, depth 3.41 km, -117.6823349° West, 35.8781662° North. Global time and date of event 17/05/20 / 2020-05-17 13:49:30 / May 17, 2020 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39204695. Id of event: ci39204695. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.41 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:49:30 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-one 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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