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Light earthquake, 4.04 mag was detected near Ridgecrest in CA


Earthquake location 35.6625S, -117.5445WA light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Exact location, longitude -117.5445° West, latitude 35.6625° North, depth = 3.18 km. The temblor was reported at 19:36:28 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:36:28 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37219812. Id of event: ci37219812. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.18 km (2 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km (8 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5445° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6625° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km ENE of Ridgecrest, 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 03:36:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-01 18:28:17 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 4.659 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 251 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 ci37219812 Id of event.
Event Code 37219812 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37219812, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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