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M 2.3md

17 km WNW of Paskenta, California

· 6.4 km deep · released about 74 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 47 kmGlenn County 48 kmMendocino County 83 kmTrinity County 84 kmLake County 93 kmColusa County 96 kmButte County 102 kmShasta County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
6.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tehama County, 47 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3328 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 74 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 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 39.9483, -122.7375. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 47 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Glenn County, CA 48 km (30 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Mendocino County, CA 83 km (52 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Trinity County, CA 84 km (52 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Lake County, CA 93 km (58 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County
Colusa County, CA 96 km (60 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Colusa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 40km NE of Covelo, CA
  2. 2.4 41km NE of Covelo, CA
  3. 2.0 8km NE of Covelo, CA
  4. 1.8 39km NE of Covelo, CA
  5. 1.8 32km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  6. 1.9 20km SW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA
  7. 1.5 9km ESE of Covelo, CA
  8. 1.6 24km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  9. 1.6 32km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  10. 2.0 37km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA
  11. 1.6 19km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  12. 1.6 39km NE of Covelo, CA
  13. 1.7 24km NW of Alder Springs, CA
  14. 1.6 25km NE of Covelo, CA
  15. 1.5 34km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA

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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