Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Shingletown in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Shingletown in CA on Saturday. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:08 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75102996. Id of event: nc75102996. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.779999732971 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 04:20:08 / December 14, 2024 @ 4:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 12.779999732971 km, -121.8245010376° West, 40.610332489014° North.

Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Redding (c. 89 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Red Bluff (c. 14 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Shasta Lake (c. 10 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Anderson (c. 9 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Red Bluff, Redding, Shasta Lake (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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 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: 14 km NE of Shingletown, CA.

Anderson CA Red Bluff Redding Shasta Lake Shingletown United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.8245010376° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.610332489014° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.779999732971 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km NE of Shingletown, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-14 04:20:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-14 04:21:43	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	131	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09857	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	nc75102996	Id of event.
Event Code	75102996	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75102996,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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