A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. The temblor was reported at 21:59:44 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:59:44 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:59 am. Event id: ci38458663. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458663. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5693333 West, latitude 35.7363333 North, depth = 2.74 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.74 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest.
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 two, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 15 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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