A minor earthquake magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 3.68 km, -117.5096664° West, 35.6910019° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 00:45:39 / July 5, 2019 @ 12:45 am. Event id: ci38446159. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38446159. The temblor was detected at 16:45:39 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.68 km (2 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-four 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. 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: 13 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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