A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.5 km (11 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:45:47 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 11:45:47 / December 28, 2016 @ 11:45 am. Exact location of event, longitude -118.9092 West, latitude 38.3652 North, depth = 17.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00570846, nc72744860. Id of event: nn00570846.
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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