A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:16:17 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:16 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.42 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.42 km, -117.6715012° West, 35.8255005° North. The temblor was reported at 20:16:17 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38457831. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457831, nn00690949.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twelve, in the last 10 days five hundred and one, in the past 30 days five hundred and two and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km N of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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