A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.54 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/20 / 2020-12-01 23:33:30 / December 1, 2020 @ 11:33 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:33:30 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.5979996° West, latitude 35.7753334° North, depth = 16.54 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39482391. Id of event: ci39482391.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km W of Searles Valley, CA.
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