A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 17:41:33 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.77 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38466343. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38466343, us70004d2a. Exact location of event, depth 6.77 km, -117.7138367° West, 35.8708344° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:41:33 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 19 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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