A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Devore in California. Exact location of event, longitude -117.4111633 West, latitude 34.190834 North, depth = 5.56 km. Global time and date of event 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 01:48:57 / December 30, 2015 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci37507576. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37507576, at00o05edk, us10004ac5. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.56 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:48:57 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Devore in California (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lomita, Torrance, Century City. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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