A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Trona in CA on Saturday. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 08:28:33 / July 6, 2019 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.52 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38460255, us70004c5m. Id of event: ci38460255. The temblor was detected at 00:28:33 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4071655 West, latitude 35.6311684 North, depth = 2.52 km.
The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and ten, in the last 10 days five hundred and six, in the past 30 days five hundred and eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 15 km S of Trona, CA.
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