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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag strikes near Lee Vining in CA


Earthquake location 37.971332550049S, -118.66983032227WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Lee Vining in CA on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.8999996185303 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 06:30:46 / June 22, 2025 @ 6:30 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75198796, nn00899250. Unique identifier: nc75198796. Exact location of earthquake, -118.66983032227° West, 37.971332550049° North, depth 9.8999996185303 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:46 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 39 km E of Lee Vining, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.66983032227° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.971332550049° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.8999996185303 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km E of Lee Vining, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-22 06:30:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-22 06:34:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 128 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 nc75198796 Id of event.
Event Code 75198796 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75198796,nn00899250, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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