A light earthquake with magnitude 4.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Susanville in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.4499998092651 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/12/25 / 2025-12-29 00:41:14 / December 29, 2025 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:41:14 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1766968880, nc75287861. Id of event: nc75287861. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -120.69200134277° West, latitude 40.544998168945° North, depth = 5.4499998092651 km.
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Susanville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km NNW of Susanville, CA.
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