A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 08:56:40 / July 7, 2019 @ 8:56 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38473983. Id of event: ci38473983. Exact location of event, depth 1.15 km, -117.4940033° West, 35.6814995° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.15 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:56:40 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 12 km SW of Searles Valley, CA.
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