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Light earthquake, 4.06 mag strikes near Little Lake in CA


Earthquake location 35.8901667S, -117.7121667WA light earthquake magnitude 4.06 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7121667 West, latitude 35.8901667 North, depth = 6.29 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:31:58 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:31 am. The 4.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:31:58 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.29 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: ci37219660. Event ids that are associated: ci37219660. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7121667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8901667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km ESE of Little Lake, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-06 03:31:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-31 18:55:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 254 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07638 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci37219660 Id of event.
Event Code 37219660 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37219660, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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