Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag strikes near Almanor in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Almanor in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of -1.4400000572205 km (-1 miles). Global time and date of event 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 08:20:18 / January 8, 2025 @ 8:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -121.16600036621 West, latitude 40.23450088501 North, depth = -1.4400000572205 km. Id of earthquake: nc75114406. Event ids that are associated: nc75114406. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:20:18 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Chico (c. 86 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chico, Paradise, Magalia (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NE of Almanor, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Almanor CA Chico Magalia Paradise Susanville United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.23 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.16600036621° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.23450088501° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-1.4400000572205 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km NE 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	2025-01-08 08:20:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-08 08:24:16	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	161	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1869	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	nc75114406	Id of event.
Event Code	75114406	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75114406,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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