A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5438602455872 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Trona in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.670000076294 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:13:41 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.86666870117 West, latitude 35.867168426514 North, depth = 2.670000076294 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 15:13:41 / December 18, 2025 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci41142103. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci41142103.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest, Fort Irwin (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 48 km ENE of Trona, CA.
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