A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Johannesburg in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.61 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39037448. Unique identifier: ci39037448. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/09/19 / 2019-09-03 02:23:09 / September 3, 2019 @ 2:23 am. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:23:09 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.4134979 West, latitude 35.5158348 North, depth = 7.61 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barstow, Fort Irwin, California City (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 one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 26 km NE of Johannesburg, CA.
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