A minor earthquake magnitude 3.96 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:44:17 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:44 am. Event id: ci37219924. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37219924. 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 6.44 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:44:17 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.693 West, latitude 35.9045 North, depth = 6.44 km.
Event epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and ninety-four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km E of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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