A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.86 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 07:56:03 / July 6, 2019 @ 7:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4743347 West, latitude 35.6728325 North, depth = 1.86 km. The temblor was detected at 23:56:03 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38459895. Id of event: ci38459895.
Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and ninety-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days five hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 12 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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