A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. The temblor was reported at 19:24:33 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.42 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:24:33 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:24 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6755 West, latitude 35.8911667 North, depth = 7.42 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ci37219516. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37219516.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and fifty-one, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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. 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: 21 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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