A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 17:43:11 / April 16, 2024 @ 5:43 pm. Unique identifier: ci40714288. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40714288, us7000mchh. Exact location of earthquake, -117.886° West, 36.1171667° North, depth 6.03 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.03 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:43:11 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NE of Coso Junction, CA.
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