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Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag was detected near Bishop in CA


Earthquake location 37.375S, -118.31916809082WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Bishop in CA. The temblor was picked up at 10:05:28 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.31916809082 West, latitude 37.375 North, depth = 5.8499999046326 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 10:05:28 / August 1, 2024 @ 10:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.8499999046326 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: nc75042182. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75042182.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 7 km E of Bishop, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.31916809082° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.8499999046326 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km E of Bishop, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-01 10:05:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 10:12:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 137 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75042182 Id of event.
Event Code 75042182 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75042182, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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