A light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. The 4.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:18:01 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38445975. Event ids that are associated: ci38445975. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.65 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6159973 West, latitude 35.7731667 North, depth = 1.65 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 00:18:01 / July 5, 2019 @ 12:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 18 km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA.
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