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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

6 km NNE of Greenhorn, California

· 0.0 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 9 kmSierra County 46 kmNevada County 73 kmButte County 81 kmLassen County 85 kmYuba County 93 kmPlacer County 100 kmStorey County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 9 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3477 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 39.9573, -120.7290. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 9 km (6 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 46 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 73 km (46 mi) N of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Butte County, CA 81 km (51 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Lassen County, CA 85 km (53 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Yuba County, CA 93 km (58 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Yuba 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 18km SSW of Whitehawk, CA
  2. 1.8 3km NNE of Spring Garden, CA
  3. 1.5 2 km ESE of Greenville, California
  4. 2.3 3km WNW of Taylorsville, CA
  5. 2.3 8km NW of Honey Lake, CA
  6. 1.6 5km N of Plumas Eureka, CA
  7. 1.7 5km SE of Cromberg, CA
  8. 2.6 3km NNW of Plumas Eureka, CA
  9. 3.0 5km NW of Honey Lake, CA
  10. 2.0 11km ENE of Hamilton Branch, CA
  11. 1.8 5km NW of Honey Lake, CA
  12. 1.9 7km N of Loyalton, CA
  13. 2.7 1 km NNE of Beckwourth, California
  14. 1.6 1km SSW of Canyondam, CA
  15. 2.2 3 km ESE of Prattville, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2016-08-04 — it released about 1,100 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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