A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Round Valley in CA. Global time and date of event 18/05/19 / 2019-05-18 14:51:28 / May 18, 2019 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -118.5456696 West, latitude 37.4283333 North, depth = 10.6 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:51:28 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nc73183581. Event ids that are associated: nc73183581.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 5 km ENE of Round Valley, CA.
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