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Light earthquake, 4.09 mag has occurred near Trona in CA


Earthquake location 35.6183319S, -117.4166641WA light earthquake magnitude 4.09 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Trona in CA on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.77 km (2 miles). The 4.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:59:55 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 08:59:55 / July 6, 2019 @ 8:59 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38460631, us70004c7g. Unique identifier: ci38460631. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -117.4166641° West, latitude 35.6183319° North, depth = 2.77 km.

The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 77 km (48 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, Fort Irwin (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and eighty-four, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 17 km SSW of Trona, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.09 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4166641° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6183319° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km SSW 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 08:59:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-06 20:36:33 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 2.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.58 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 258 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04885 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 ci38460631 Id of event.
Event Code 38460631 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38460631,us70004c7g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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