A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Bridgeport in California on Friday. Id of earthquake: nc72867086. Event ids that are associated: nc72867086, nn00600378. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.83 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/17 / 2017-08-12 03:00:10 / August 12, 2017 @ 3:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -118.9166641° West, latitude 38.0611649° North, depth = 9.83 km. The temblor was reported at 19:00:10 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km SE of Bridgeport, California.
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