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Light earthquake, 4.04 mag strikes near Trona in CA


Earthquake location 35.5776672S, -117.3730011WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Trona in CA on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38461879, us70004cex. Id of event: ci38461879. The temblor was reported at 02:48:24 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.3730011 West, latitude 35.5776672 North, depth = 3.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.59 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 10:48:24 / July 6, 2019 @ 10:48 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barstow Heights, Barstow, California City (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and eighty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km S of Trona, CA. This information 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 -117.3730011° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5776672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km S of Trona, 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 10:48:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-06 19:06:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.23 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05305 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 ci38461879 Id of event.
Event Code 38461879 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38461879,us70004cex, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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