A light earthquake with magnitude 4.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Johannesburg in California. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.65 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37506472. Unique identifier: ci37506472. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/15 / 2015-12-27 18:31:17 / December 27, 2015 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:31:17 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 0.65 km, -117.2795029° West, 35.215168° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piñon Hills, Oak Hills, Phelan. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 37 km ESE of Johannesburg, California.
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