A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Pine in California on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 23:28:44 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc72597525. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72597525. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.81 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.3708344 West, latitude 37.1636658 North, depth = 12.81 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/16 / 2016-02-25 07:28:44 / February 25, 2016 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close 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 six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km W of Big Pine, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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