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Light earthquake, 4.79 mag was detected near Searles Valley in CA


Earthquake location 35.7253342S, -117.5530014WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.79 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5530014° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7253342° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WSW of Searles Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-06 03:16:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-06 03:19:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.619 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 353 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38457487 Id of event.
Event Code 38457487 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38457487, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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