A light earthquake magnitude 4.34 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.64 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 03:24:22 / July 6, 2019 @ 3:24 am. The 4.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:24:22 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38457535. Event ids that are associated: ci38457535. Exact location, longitude -117.7335° West, latitude 35.9045° North, depth = 6.64 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 ninety, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 16 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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