A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bodie in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.73 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc73368640. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73368640. The temblor was picked up at 23:49:21 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.75383 West, latitude 38.0458336 North, depth = 7.73 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 07:49:21 / April 12, 2020 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 29 km SE of Bodie, CA.
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