A light earthquake magnitude 4.63 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Friday. 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 4.05 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 06:01:51 / July 6, 2019 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. The 4.63-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:01:51 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4.05 km, -117.741333° West, 35.9071655° North. Id of earthquake: ci38458679. Event ids that are associated: ci38458679, us70004bwb.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest. Earthquake epicenter 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 that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and seventy-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one 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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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. 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: 15 km ESE of Little Lake, CA.
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