A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Mettler in California on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 04:12:12 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:12 am. Exact location of event, longitude -119.0647 West, latitude 35.0708 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:12:12 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nii6. Id of event: us6000nii6.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Valencia, Santa Paula, Delano (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Paula (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 8 km W of Mettler, California.
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