A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.9 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.63-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:51:25 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38456615. Event ids that are associated: ci38456615. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 00:51:25 / July 6, 2019 @ 12:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5804977 West, latitude 35.7471657 North, depth = 4.9 km.
The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 16 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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