A light earthquake magnitude 4.17 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 10:47:06 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 18:47:06 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ci38443647. Event ids that are associated: ci38443647. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.04 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.4885025 West, latitude 35.675499 North, depth = 7.04 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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