A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from West Bishop in CA. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:02:23 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 19:02:23 / August 30, 2019 @ 7:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.71 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nc73262240. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73262240, nn00701446. Exact location of earthquake, -118.5246667° West, 37.3671667° North, depth 10.71 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km W of West Bishop, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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