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Light earthquake: M4.28 quake has struck near Searles Valley in CA


Earthquake location 35.7325S, -117.5521667WA light earthquake magnitude 4.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The 4.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:33:39 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:33:39 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:33 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci37219708. Event ids that are associated: ci37219708. Exact location of event, depth 12.33 km, -117.5521667° West, 35.7325° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.33 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and seventy-two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 14 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5521667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WSW of Searles Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-06 03:33:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-31 20:27:30 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 4.361 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 reviewed 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 282 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09088 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci37219708 Id of event.
Event Code 37219708 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37219708, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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