A light earthquake magnitude 4.56 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 08:32:57 / July 6, 2019 @ 8:32 am. The temblor was detected at 00:32:57 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.45 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -117.4933319° West, latitude 35.6373329° North, depth = 2.45 km. Id of earthquake: ci38460311. Event ids that are associated: ci38460311, us70004c5t.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Barstow Heights, Barstow (min 5000 pop).
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-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA.
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