28 km WSW of Paskenta, California

2017-05-29 21:36 UTC · -0.2 km deep · released about 46 lb of TNT

Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.

When: 2017-05-29 21:36 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.1 (md)
Depth: -0.2 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Glenn County, 43 km ESE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3406 days ago · we first saw it 3406 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 46 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 330,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 21× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.1 about 46 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

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Epicentre 39.7707, -122.8487. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Glenn County, CA	43 km (26 mi)	WNW of here	earthquakes near Glenn County
Mendocino County, CA	63 km (39 mi)	NE of here	earthquakes near Mendocino County
Tehama County, CA	66 km (41 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Tehama County
Lake County, CA	74 km (46 mi)	N of here	earthquakes near Lake County
Colusa County, CA	84 km (52 mi)	NW of here	earthquakes near Colusa County
Trinity County, CA	100 km (62 mi)	SSE of here	earthquakes near Trinity County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.4 15 km SW of Paskenta, California 22:35 UTC
1.6 15 km SW of Paskenta, California 08:35 UTC
1.5 24 km SE of Covelo, California 17:01 UTC
1.8 8 km ENE of Covelo, California 05:02 UTC
1.5 27 km WNW of Paskenta, California 04:11 UTC
1.5 4 km NNW of Covelo, California 01:23 UTC
1.7 20 km W of Stonyford, California 10:19 UTC
1.7 14 km NNE of Brooktrails, California 02:35 UTC
1.7 5 km NW of Covelo, California 22:38 UTC
1.8 17 km NE of Potter Valley, California 16:55 UTC
1.6 near the coast of Northern California 21:18 UTC
2.4 5 km WNW of Covelo, California 00:20 UTC
2.4 5 km WNW of Covelo, California 00:02 UTC
1.9 5 km WNW of Covelo, California 19:36 UTC
1.5 9 km NE of Willits, California 08:08 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 13:57 UTC. 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 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — it released about 29,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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