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Minor earthquake, 3.98 mag was detected near Ridgecrest in CA


Earthquake location 35.6409988S, -117.5476685WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.56 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38446647. Id of event: ci38446647. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 02:01:59 / July 5, 2019 @ 2:01 am. The 3.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:01:59 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5476685 West, latitude 35.6409988 North, depth = 10.56 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 11 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 12 km E of Ridgecrest, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5476685° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6409988° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km E 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 2019-07-05 02:01:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-05 02:07:41 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 5.57 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 automatic 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 244 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08836 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38446647 Id of event.
Event Code 38446647 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38446647, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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