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Minor earthquake 3.96 mag, 7 km NW of West Bishop, California


Earthquake location 37.4095001S, -118.5113297WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.96 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from West Bishop in California on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -118.5113297° West, latitude 37.4095001° North, depth = 7.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:14:46 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.64 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: nc72571551. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72571551. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 19:14:46 / December 24, 2015 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes.

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

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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 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: 7 km NW of West Bishop, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.5113297° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4095001° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NW of West Bishop, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-24 19:14:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-24 19:24:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 16 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.98 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed 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 246 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06853 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 nc72571551 Id of event.
Event Code 72571551 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72571551, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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