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Minor earthquake 3.11 mag, 11 km SSE of Willows, CA


Earthquake location 39.431167602539S, -122.13583374023WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Willows in CA on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.13583374023 West, latitude 39.431167602539 North, depth = 27.780000686646 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/25 / 2025-11-30 14:56:07 / November 30, 2025 @ 2:56 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.780000686646 km (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:56:07 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75272211. Id of event: nc75272211.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hidden Valley Lake, Plumas Lake, Clearlake. Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Chico (c. 86 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yuba City (c. 64 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Linda (c. 17 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Oroville (c. 15 500 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 11 km SSE of Willows, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.13583374023° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.431167602539° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.780000686646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km 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 2025-11-30 14:56:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-30 14:59:22 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 149 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.158 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 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 nc75272211 Id of event.
Event Code 75272211 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75272211, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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