A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Lee Vining in CA on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.36 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 16:57:50 / April 11, 2020 @ 4:57 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73367635. Id of event: nc73367635. Exact location of event, depth 2.36 km, -118.8811646° West, 37.8466682° North. The temblor was detected at 08:57:50 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 23 km (15 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/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 24 km ESE of Lee Vining, CA.
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