A 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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