A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tehachapi in CA. The temblor was reported at 19:17:46 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.78 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 03:17:46 / April 4, 2020 @ 3:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39127167. Unique identifier: ci39127167. Exact location of event, longitude -118.5 West, latitude 35.0096664 North, depth = 0.78 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Fernando, Alta Sierra, Fillmore. Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lancaster (c. 156 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Palmdale (c. 152 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Tehachapi, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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