A minor earthquake magnitude 3.87 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/16 / 2016-08-13 19:24:05 / August 13, 2016 @ 7:24 pm. Unique identifier: nc72676746. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72676746. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.78 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.78 km, -118.7799988° West, 37.4848328° North. The temblor was reported at 12:24:05 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 24 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California.
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