Small tremor of magnitude 3.1 just reported 13 miles east of Ridgecrest, California, United States - VolcanoDiscovery

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Thu, 29 Apr 2021, 17:19

17:19 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

3.1 quake 29 Apr 10:12 am (GMT -7)

Just 6 minutes ago, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Thursday 29 April 2021 at 10:12 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 4.1 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 8 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:

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Date & time: 29 Apr 2021 10:12 am (GMT -7) local time (29 Apr 2021 17:12 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 6.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.65°N / 117.44°W (San Bernardino, California, United States)
Primary data source: USGS

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