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Light earthquake, 4.96 mag strikes near Susanville in CA


Earthquake location 40.544998168945S, -120.69200134277WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.69200134277° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.544998168945° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.4499998092651 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km NNW of Susanville, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-29 00:41:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-29 00:48:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.079 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 reviewed 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 381 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 ,ew,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08459 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 nc75287861 Id of event.
Event Code 75287861 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1766968880,nc75287861, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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