A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bodie in CA on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.88 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:20:55 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -118.7328339 West, latitude 38.0615005 North, depth = 10.88 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73368690, nn00721968. Id of event: nc73368690. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 09:20:55 / April 12, 2020 @ 9:20 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes. 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 30 km SE of Bodie, CA.
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