Minor earthquake, 3.32 mag was detected near Willows in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Willows in CA on Sunday. Event id: nc73518845. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73518845. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.57 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -122.135498° West, 39.4056664° North, depth 24.57 km. Global time and date of event 31/01/21 / 2021-01-31 09:20:24 / January 31, 2021 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:24 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Chico (c. 86 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yuba City (c. 64 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Linda (c. 17 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Oroville (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hidden Valley Lake, Plumas Lake, Magalia (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 14 km SSE of Willows, CA.

CA Chico Hidden Valley Lake Linda Magalia Oroville Paradise Plumas Lake United States Willows Yuba City

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.32 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.135498° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.4056664° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km SSE of Willows, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-31 09:20:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-31 09:22:25	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	170	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	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1427	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	37	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	nc73518845	Id of event.
Event Code	73518845	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73518845,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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