A minor earthquake magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:22:47 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci39007775. Event ids that are associated: ci39007775. Exact location, longitude -117.4498367° West, latitude 35.6521683° North, depth = 3.09 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 00:22:47 / December 21, 2019 @ 12:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.09 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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