A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in CA on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73270285. Id of event: nc73270285. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/19 / 2019-09-13 02:52:55 / September 13, 2019 @ 2:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.57 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:52:55 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -118.9396667° West, latitude 37.6401672° North, depth = 5.57 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 3 km (2 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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