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Light earthquake, 4.89 mag strikes near Little Lake in CA

Posted by admin on July 7, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.8938332S, -117.7441635WA light earthquake magnitude 4.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7441635 West, latitude 35.8938332 North, depth = 1.52 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 04:36:55 / July 6, 2019 @ 4:36 am. 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 1.52 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci38457967. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38457967, us70004bs9. The 4.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:36:55 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest.

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 seventy-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7441635° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8938332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km 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 04:36:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-07 04:41:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.46 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 368 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08146 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38457967 Id of event.
Event Code 38457967 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38457967,us70004bs9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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