A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California on Friday. The temblor was reported at 22:57:11 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 06:57:11 / December 17, 2016 @ 6:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.04 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc72739820. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72739820. Exact location, longitude -118.9381638° West, latitude 37.6386681° North, depth = 6.04 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 3 km (2 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California.
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