A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:46:50 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.61 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6186676 West, latitude 35.6391678 North, depth = 7.61 km. Id of earthquake: ci38443271. Event ids that are associated: ci38443271. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 17:46:50 / July 4, 2019 @ 5:46 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 5 km (3 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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