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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag was detected near Bodie in CA


Earthquake location 38.0496667S, -118.7401667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bodie in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73367920, nn00721756, us70008u6h. Id of event: nc73367920. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:36:50 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 19:36:50 / April 11, 2020 @ 7:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -118.7401667° West, 38.0496667° North, depth 4.79 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.79 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine 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 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: 30 km SE of Bodie, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.7401667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0496667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km SE of Bodie, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-11 19:36:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-16 16:10:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 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 132 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,nn,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2737 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 111 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73367920 Id of event.
Event Code 73367920 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73367920,nn00721756,us70008u6h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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