A minor earthquake magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Event id: ci38458215. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458215, us70004bte. The temblor was picked up at 21:08:11 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:08:11 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:08 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.62 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.62 km, -117.5666656° West, 35.715168° North.
Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 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).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and four, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 14 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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