A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 06:48:46 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.4713364° West, 35.6836662° North, depth 5.97 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 14:48:46 / July 17, 2019 @ 2:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.97 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38589175. Unique identifier: ci38589175.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 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 fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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