A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00572613. Id of event: nn00572613. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.7 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -118.8912 West, latitude 38.336 North, depth = 19.7 km. Global time and date of event 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 00:18:29 / January 6, 2017 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:18:29 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 31 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada.
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