A light earthquake with magnitude 4.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.21 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.668° West, latitude 35.8598333° North, depth = 11.21 km. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:25:27 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:25 am UTC/GMT. The 4.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:25:27 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci37219172. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004bpr, ci37219172.
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and seventy-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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