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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

9 km S of Hat Creek, California

· 7.2 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 43 kmLassen County 76 kmTehama County 91 kmPlumas County 103 kmModoc County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Shasta County, 43 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3516 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 40.7430, -121.5278. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 43 km (27 mi) E of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Lassen County, CA 76 km (48 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Tehama County, CA 91 km (56 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Plumas County, CA 103 km (64 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Modoc County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Butte County, CA 120 km (75 mi) N of here earthquakes near Butte County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 6 km WNW of Cassel, California
  2. 1.9 5 km WNW of Cassel, California
  3. 1.9 5 km WNW of Cassel, California
  4. 1.7 6 km WNW of Cassel, California
  5. 2.2 4 km WNW of Cassel, California
  6. 1.8 4 km WSW of Cassel, California
  7. 1.7 5 km WNW of Cassel, California
  8. 1.8 5 km W of Cassel, California
  9. 1.7 5 km WNW of Cassel, California
  10. 2.3 6 km WNW of Cassel, California
  11. 2.8 6 km NNE of Burney, California
  12. 2.0 22 km NW of McArthur, California
  13. 1.6 6 km NW of Montgomery Creek, California
  14. 1.6 6 km NW of Montgomery Creek, California
  15. 1.9 21 km SSE of Nubieber, California

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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