A minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bodie in CA on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.17 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:22:57 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc73399001. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73399001, nn00738750. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 09:22:57 / May 30, 2020 @ 9:22 am. Exact location of event, longitude -118.7503357 West, latitude 38.0488319 North, depth = 9.17 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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