A light earthquake magnitude 4.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:30:40 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 09:30:40 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:30 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.58 km (-0 miles). Event id: ci38460983. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38460983, us70004c9m. Exact location of event, depth -0.58 km, -117.7365036° West, 35.9029999° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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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