A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Grapevine in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 18:05:48 / August 7, 2024 @ 6:05 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40868176. Unique identifier: ci40868176. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.21 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -119.1139984 West, latitude 35.0936661 North, depth = 12.21 km. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:05:48 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fillmore, Delano, Mira Monte. Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA.
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