A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.21 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 09:07:53 / July 5, 2015 @ 9:07 am. The temblor was reported at 02:07:53 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc72478661. Event ids that are associated: nc72478661. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.8816681 West, latitude 37.588501 North, depth = 5.21 km.
Event epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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