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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag has occurred near Canyondam in CA


Earthquake location 40.143333333333S, -121.09366666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Canyondam in CA on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.06 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:13:40 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mr4q, nc75017642. Id of event: nc75017642. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 06:13:40 / June 8, 2024 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -121.09366666667 West, latitude 40.143333333333 North, depth = 6.06 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paradise, Magalia, Susanville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 3 km SW of Canyondam, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.09366666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.143333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SW of Canyondam, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-08 06:13:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-10 18:02:45 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 2.2 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 reviewed 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 123 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 ,us,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1115 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 nc75017642 Id of event.
Event Code 75017642 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mr4q,nc75017642, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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