A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek in CA. The temblor was reported at 17:29:37 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73128161. Id of event: nc73128161. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.4048309 West, latitude 37.5188332 North, depth = 10.84 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 01:29:37 / December 30, 2018 @ 1:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.84 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA.
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