A minor earthquake magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 03:06:43 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38462063. Id of event: ci38462063. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 11:06:43 / July 6, 2019 @ 11:06 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6228333 West, latitude 35.7926674 North, depth = 3.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.7 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and eighty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and one 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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