A minor earthquake magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bodie in CA. The temblor was reported at 21:44:04 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.56 km, -118.7356644° West, 38.0621681° North. Unique identifier: nc73371960. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73371960, nn00722798. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.56 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 05:44:04 / April 17, 2020 @ 5:44 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 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 five, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 29 km SE of Bodie, CA.
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