A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mammoth Lakes in CA. Exact location, longitude -118.9488297° West, latitude 37.4798317° North, depth = 3.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72942661. Unique identifier: nc72942661. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.5 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 19:15:04 / December 20, 2017 @ 7:15 pm. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:15:04 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA.
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