A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.43 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -117.9964981 West, latitude 36.0636673 North, depth = 2.43 km. Id of earthquake: ci38317720. Event ids that are associated: ci38317720. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:25:02 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 21:25:02 / October 8, 2018 @ 9:25 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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