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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag has occurred near Dunsmuir in CA


Earthquake location 41.098499298096S, -122.18283081055WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Dunsmuir in CA. Event id: nc75229827. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75229827. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.4800000190735 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.18283081055 West, latitude 41.098499298096 North, depth = 3.4800000190735 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 11:15:01 / August 28, 2025 @ 11:15 am. The temblor was reported at 11:15:01 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anderson, Redding, Shasta Lake (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Redding (c. 89 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Shasta Lake (c. 10 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Anderson (c. 9 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five 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.

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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. 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 SSE of Dunsmuir, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.18283081055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.098499298096° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.4800000190735 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSE of Dunsmuir, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-28 11:15:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-28 11:23:52 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 134 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6763 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 nc75229827 Id of event.
Event Code 75229827 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75229827, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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