A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Coso Junction in CA on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.9 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:36:55 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40792599. Id of event: ci40792599. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 18:36:55 / November 13, 2024 @ 6:36 pm. Exact location of event, depth 0.9 km, -117.8106689° West, 36.045166° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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.
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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: 12 km E of Coso Junction, CA.
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