A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Mina in Nevada. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.1105 West, latitude 38.1623 North, depth = 8.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: nn00792158. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00792158. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.6 km (5 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:20:10 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/20 / 2020-12-14 21:20:10 / December 14, 2020 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km S of Mina, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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