Minor earthquake, 3.02 mag was detected near Canyondam in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Canyondam in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -121.10916900635 West, latitude 40.127334594727 North, depth = -1.7999999523163 km. Global time and date of event 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 03:12:09 / February 12, 2025 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT. Event id: nc75131997. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75131997. The temblor was picked up at 03:12:09 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.7999999523163 km (-1 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oroville, Chico, Oroville East. The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Chico (c. 86 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Oroville (c. 15 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SW of Canyondam, CA.

CA Canyondam Chico Magalia Oroville Oroville East Paradise Susanville United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.02 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.10916900635° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.127334594727° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-1.7999999523163 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 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	2025-02-12 03:12:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-12 03:19:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	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	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	141	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	0.2292	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	72	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	nc75131997	Id of event.
Event Code	75131997	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75131997,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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