A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from West Bishop in California. Event id: nc72569711. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72569711. Exact location of earthquake, -118.7381668° West, 37.3373337° North, depth 16.05 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.05 km (10 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 17:45:14 / December 19, 2015 @ 5:45 pm. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:45:14 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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