A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from West Bishop in California on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -118.668663 West, latitude 37.5333328 North, depth = 11.65 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.65 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 23:52:35 / July 13, 2015 @ 11:52 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:52:35 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72485081. Id of event: nc72485081.
Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 26 km NW of West Bishop, California.
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