A light earthquake with magnitude 4.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The 4.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:28:28 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.87 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 09:28:28 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:28 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38460967. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38460967, us70004c9d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -117.7249985° West, latitude 35.8978348° North, depth = 3.87 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 sixty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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