A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38591663. Id of event: ci38591663. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:01:35 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 22:01:35 / July 17, 2019 @ 10:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.04 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -117.4449997 West, latitude 35.6430016 North, depth = 4.04 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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