Small magnitude 3.1 earthquake 13 miles east of Ridgecrest, California, United States

mer, 24 mar 2021, 00:28

00:28 AM | AUTORE: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

3.1 quake 23 Mar 5:08 pm (GMT -7)

Just 6 minutes ago, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Tuesday 23 March 2021 at 5:08 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 1.8 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.1 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Searles Valley (pop. 1,700) located 9 miles from the epicenter, Ridgecrest (pop. 28,800) 13 miles away, and China Lake Acres (pop. 1,900) 18 miles away. In Inyokern (pop. 1,100, 21 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.

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Earthquake data:

Ho sentito questo terremoto

Data & ora: 23 Mar 2021 5:08 pm (GMT -7) local time (24 Mar 2021 00:08 GMT)
Magnitudine: 3.1
Prof.: 2.9 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 35.65°N / 117.45°W

(San Bernardino Comitatus County, California, United States)
Fonte dati primaria: USGS

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