A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Grapevine in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 10:39:19 / August 7, 2024 @ 10:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.75 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40867136. Id of event: ci40867136. Exact location, longitude -119.1186676° West, latitude 35.1069984° North, depth = 11.75 km. The 3.64-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:39:19 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Paula (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). 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 Santa Paula, Castaic, Fillmore.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 25 km NW of Grapevine, CA.
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