A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 13:05:08 / January 2, 2017 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:05:08 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -118.93° West, 38.3886° North. Id of earthquake: nn00572034. Event ids that are associated: nn00572034, nc72747170.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-six 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 30 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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