A light earthquake with magnitude 4.98 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 19:22:48 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ci37219156. Event ids that are associated: ci37219156. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:22:48 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -117.7395° West, latitude 35.8945° North, depth = 9.46 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.46 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three hundred and seventy, in the last 10 days four hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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