A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bodie in CA on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.4 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 05:50:31 / December 27, 2020 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -118.7415009° West, 38.0431671° North, depth -0.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73503305. Id of event: nc73503305. The temblor was picked up at 05:50:31 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter 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). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 30 km SE of Bodie, CA.
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