A light earthquake with magnitude 4.19 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -117.6906667° West, 35.8695° North, depth 2.66 km. The 4.19-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:28:25 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:28:25 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37219588. Unique identifier: ci37219588. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.66 km (2 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and fifty-five, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 21 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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