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Minor earthquake, 3.07 mag has occurred near Bodie in CA


Earthquake location 38.0968323S, -118.8996658WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Bodie in CA on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.98 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/02/21 / 2021-02-28 08:24:37 / February 28, 2021 @ 8:24 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:37 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73529186, us7000debf. Id of event: nc73529186. Exact location of event, longitude -118.8996658 West, latitude 38.0968323 North, depth = 9.98 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SE of Bodie, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.8996658° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0968323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km 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 2021-02-28 08:24:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-28 08:32:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 automatic 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 145 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3371 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73529186 Id of event.
Event Code 73529186 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73529186,us7000debf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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