A light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.7881699 West, latitude 37.597168 North, depth = 7.1 km. The 4.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:34:48 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: nc72510456. Event ids that are associated: nc72510456. Global time and date of event 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 13:34:48 / August 22, 2015 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 17 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California.
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