A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.84 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/19 / 2019-07-18 02:33:43 / July 18, 2019 @ 2:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5781631 West, latitude 35.7540016 North, depth = 6.84 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38593087. Unique identifier: ci38593087. The temblor was picked up at 18:33:43 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest.
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 seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km W of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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