A light earthquake magnitude 4.17 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.81 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: ci38457679. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38457679. The temblor was detected at 19:46:26 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.4748306° West, latitude 35.6783333° North, depth = 2.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:46:26 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:46 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 12 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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