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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag was detected near West Bishop in CA


Earthquake location 37.342834472656S, -118.53182983398WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from West Bishop in CA. Exact location of event, depth 5.1500000953674 km, -118.53182983398° West, 37.342834472656° North. Id of earthquake: nc75107286. Event ids that are associated: nc75107286. Global time and date of event 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 07:40:23 / December 24, 2024 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.1500000953674 km (3 miles). The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:40:23 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km W of West Bishop, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.53182983398° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.342834472656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.1500000953674 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km W of West 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 2024-12-24 07:40:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 07:43:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 128 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 nc75107286 Id of event.
Event Code 75107286 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75107286, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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