A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Bodie in CA. Id of earthquake: nc73022986. Event ids that are associated: nc73022986, nn00637483. Exact location of event, longitude -118.8278351 West, latitude 38.0838318 North, depth = 4.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.3 km (3 miles). The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:18:18 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 17:18:18 / May 30, 2018 @ 5:18 pm.
The epicenter was 50 km (31 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/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel anything?
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: 22 km SE of Bodie, CA.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply