A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.97 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38469375, us70004de4. Unique identifier: ci38469375. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6591644 West, latitude 35.8188324 North, depth = 2.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 23:50:41 / July 6, 2019 @ 11:50 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:50:41 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km N of Ridgecrest, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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