A minor earthquake magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The temblor was reported at 19:43:09 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6938333 West, latitude 35.8865 North, depth = 9.46 km. Unique identifier: ci37219900. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37219900. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:43:09 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.46 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and ninety-two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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