A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bishop in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.3533325 West, latitude 37.3330002 North, depth = 9.72 km. The temblor was detected at 04:10:38 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/04/20 / 2020-04-29 12:10:38 / April 29, 2020 @ 12:10 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: nc73378105. Event ids that are associated: nc73378105. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.72 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SE of Bishop, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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