Minor earthquake, 3.08 mag was detected near Mammoth Lakes in California

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in California on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 18:53:36 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.86 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72753515. Unique identifier: nc72753515. Exact location of event, depth 4.86 km, -118.783165° West, 37.480999° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 02:53:36 / January 18, 2017 @ 2:53 am.

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). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.08 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.783165° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.480999° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.86 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-01-18 02:53:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-18 02:59:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	146	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1148	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc72753515	Id of event.
Event Code	72753515	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72753515,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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