A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada. The temblor was detected at 01:19:22 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -118.5245° West, latitude 38.1045° North, depth = 12.6 km. Global time and date of event 23/05/20 / 2020-05-23 09:19:22 / May 23, 2020 @ 9:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.6 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00731994. Unique identifier: nn00731994.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes. Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada.
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