A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.3 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:26:06 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00570711. Unique identifier: nn00570711. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 08:26:06 / December 28, 2016 @ 8:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 9.3 km, -118.9049° West, 38.3891° North.
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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