A minor earthquake magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Unique identifier: ci39008311. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39008311. The 3.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:24:32 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4.07 km, -117.4550018° West, 35.6474991° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.07 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 08:24:32 / December 21, 2019 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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