A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Toms Place in CA on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -118.8093338° West, latitude 37.4768333° North, depth = 8.99 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72939686. Unique identifier: nc72939686. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 05:42:21 / December 14, 2017 @ 5:42 am. The temblor was detected at 21:42:21 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.99 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close 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 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. 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: 15 km SW of Toms Place, CA.
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