A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bodie in CA on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.7549973 West, latitude 38.0485001 North, depth = 5.23 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 03:07:03 / April 15, 2020 @ 3:07 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.23 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:07:03 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc73370810. Event ids that are associated: nc73370810, nn00722486.
Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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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