A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Bodie in CA on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -118.7631683° West, latitude 38.0455017° North, depth = 7.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc73399446. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73399446, nn00739180. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/20 / 2020-05-31 01:07:15 / May 31, 2020 @ 1:07 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:07:15 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SE of Bodie, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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