A light earthquake magnitude 4.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The temblor was detected at 03:22:16 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.84 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38475431. Id of event: ci38475431. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5916672° West, 35.8058319° North, depth 9.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 11:22:16 / July 7, 2019 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-one, 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 18 km WNW of Searles Valley, CA.
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