Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag strikes near Mammoth Lakes in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in CA on Wednesday. Unique identifier: nc75091216. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1732697750, nc75091216. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.77999997138977 km (-0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:55:24 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 08:55:24 / November 27, 2024 @ 8:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.04016876221 West, latitude 37.637832641602 North, depth = -0.77999997138977 km.

The epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 5 km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.69 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.04016876221° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.637832641602° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.77999997138977 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-27 08:55:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-27 09:01:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	9	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.3	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	212	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	,ew,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01013	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75091216	Id of event.
Event Code	75091216	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1732697750,nc75091216,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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