A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California. Exact location of earthquake, -118.8430023° West, 37.4938316° North, depth 6.38 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 09:45:14 / December 16, 2016 @ 9:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:45:14 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72739230. Id of event: nc72739230. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.38 km (4 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply