A light earthquake with magnitude 4.22 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -117.712 West, latitude 35.8893333 North, depth = 3.86 km. The 4.22-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:19:54 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.86 km (2 miles). Event id: ci38457855. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457855, us70004bv1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:19:54 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:19 am.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and ninety, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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