A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72525076. Id of event: nc72525076. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.07 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:02:45 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 08:02:45 / September 14, 2015 @ 8:02 am. Exact location of event, longitude -118.7874985 West, latitude 37.5993347 North, depth = 7.07 km.
Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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