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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

6 km NNE of Burney, California

· 1.0 km deep · released about 490 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 40 kmLassen County 88 kmTehama County 103 kmSiskiyou County 105 kmModoc County 106 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
1.0 km below the surface
Felt
13 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Shasta County, 40 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3372 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 490 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 31,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 490 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 40.9312, -121.6283. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 40 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Lassen County, CA 88 km (55 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Tehama County, CA 103 km (64 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Siskiyou County, CA 105 km (65 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Modoc County, CA 106 km (66 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Plumas County, CA 125 km (77 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Plumas 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 2km N of Fall River Mills, CA
  2. 1.9 25km SE of Burney, CA
  3. 1.5 12km N of Burney, CA
  4. 2.6 18km N of Big Bend, CA
  5. 2.0 10km SSW of Big Bend, CA
  6. 1.7 8km NE of Burney, CA
  7. 2.2 10km NE of Burney, CA
  8. 2.0 2km NNW of Big Bend, CA
  9. 1.8 11km WNW of Burney, CA
  10. 1.7 9km ENE of Burney, CA
  11. 2.0 12km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  12. 1.5 19km SE of Round Mountain, CA
  13. 2.7 12km NW of Viola, CA
  14. 1.9 42km SSE of Fall River Mills, CA
  15. 1.7 7 km WNW of McArthur, 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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