A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39225152. Id of event: ci39225152. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:57:12 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 18:57:12 / December 10, 2019 @ 6:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -117.6691666° West, 35.8260002° North, depth 6.68 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.68 km (4 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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