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Moderate earthquake, 5.26 mag has occurred near Bodie in CA


Earthquake location 38.0543327S, -118.7358322WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.26 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bodie in CA on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 14:36:37 / April 11, 2020 @ 2:36 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.15 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nc73367270. Event ids that are associated: nn00721575, nc73367270. The 5.26-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:36:37 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.7358322 West, latitude 38.0543327 North, depth = 10.15 km.

The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km SE of Bodie, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.7358322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0543327° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km SE of Bodie, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-11 14:36:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-11 14:42:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.61 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 430 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nn,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73367270 Id of event.
Event Code 73367270 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00721575,nc73367270, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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