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Light earthquake, 4.01 mag strikes near Coso Junction in CA


Earthquake location 36.0564995S, -117.8509979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Exact location of event, depth 1.79 km, -117.8509979° West, 36.0564995° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.79 km (1 miles). The 4.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:38:45 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38572055. Unique identifier: ci38572055. Global time and date of event 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 08:38:45 / July 15, 2019 @ 8:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 9 km E of Coso Junction, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8509979° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0564995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km E of Coso Junction, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-15 08:38:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-15 08:41:47 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 4.575 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 247 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0582 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 ci38572055 Id of event.
Event Code 38572055 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38572055, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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