A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Unique identifier: ci38459047. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38459047, us70004bz4. The temblor was detected at 22:41:15 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:41:15 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 6.55 km, -117.6334991° West, 35.8008347° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.55 km (4 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 20 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and ninety-one, 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km N of Ridgecrest, CA.
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