A light earthquake with magnitude 4.79 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Unique identifier: ci38457487. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38457487. The 4.79-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:16:32 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth -0.98 km, -117.5530014° West, 35.7253342° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:16:32 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.98 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby 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, Alta Sierra, California City.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 14 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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