A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/19 / 2019-09-13 11:27:48 / September 13, 2019 @ 11:27 am. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:27:48 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.9391632 West, latitude 37.6783333 North, depth = -2.34 km. Unique identifier: nc73271985. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73271985. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -2.34 km (-1 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 4 km (3 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 6 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA.
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