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Minor earthquake, 3.66 mag was detected near Almanor in CA


Earthquake location 40.251998901367S, -121.16833496094WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Almanor in CA on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.7400000095367 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:03:17 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 14:03:17 / May 27, 2024 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc75012616. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75012616. Exact location of event, depth -1.7400000095367 km, -121.16833496094° West, 40.251998901367° North.

Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Chico (c. 86 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chico, Paradise, Magalia (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 4 km NNE of Almanor, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.66 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.16833496094° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.251998901367° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.7400000095367 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNE of Almanor, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 14:03:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 14:11:20 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 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.676 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 206 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 nc75012616 Id of event.
Event Code 75012616 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75012616, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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