A light earthquake with magnitude 4.51 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The 4.51-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:29:29 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38457583. Event ids that are associated: ci38457583. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.13 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:29:29 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.5108333 West, latitude 35.7043333 North, depth = 11.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Fort Irwin, California City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and seventy-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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