A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Lee Vining in CA. The temblor was picked up at 10:02:23 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.61 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 18:02:23 / April 11, 2020 @ 6:02 pm. Id of earthquake: nc73367750. Event ids that are associated: nn00721712, nc73367750. Exact location, longitude -118.8516693° West, latitude 37.965168° North, depth = 4.61 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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