A light earthquake with magnitude 4.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38443535. Id of event: ci38443535. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:27:59 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5573349° West, 35.7431679° North, depth 1.5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.5 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:27:59 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km W of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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