A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 03:30:49 / January 7, 2017 @ 3:30 am. Exact location, longitude -118.224° West, latitude 37.9898° North, depth = 8.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72749420, nn00572803. Id of event: nn00572803. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:30:49 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.3 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 68 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada.
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