A light earthquake magnitude 4.17 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38458655, us70004bw1. Id of event: ci38458655. The temblor was reported at 21:58:17 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.15 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6968307 West, latitude 35.9263344 North, depth = 2.15 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 05:58:17 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).
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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km E of Little Lake, CA.
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