A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.43 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457911. Id of event: ci38457911. The temblor was picked up at 20:29:02 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.6316681° West, 35.8019981° North, depth 1.43 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:29:02 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:29 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby. 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: 20 km N of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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