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Light earthquake, 4.18 mag has occurred near Ridgecrest in CA


Earthquake location 35.8310013S, -117.6774979WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.6774979° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8310013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km N 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 2019-07-06 05:25:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-06 18:33:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.36 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 269 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 0.07446 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38458375 Id of event.
Event Code 38458375 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38458375,us70004bu7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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