A light earthquake magnitude 4.18 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458375, us70004bu7. Id of event: ci38458375. The 4.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:25:04 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6774979 West, latitude 35.8310013 North, depth = 0.62 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:25:04 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:25 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.62 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and eighty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 23 km N of Ridgecrest, CA.
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