A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.86 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72676921. Id of event: nc72676921. Exact location, longitude -118.7823334° West, latitude 37.4835014° North, depth = 4.86 km. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:04:22 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 01:04:22 / August 14, 2016 @ 1:04 am 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 25 km (15 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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