A light earthquake with magnitude 4.58 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ci38443719. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38443719. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.19 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:56:06 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:56:06 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5615005 West, latitude 35.7176666 North, depth = -0.19 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, Alta Sierra, California City (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 15 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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