Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5md
7 km WNW of Mineral, California
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 4.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Shasta County, 53 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3323 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 40.3818, -121.6715. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Tehama County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Butte County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Plumas County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Lassen County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Glenn County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Glenn County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 15km SW of Chester, CA
- 1.6 11km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.7 11km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.8 12km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.6 12km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.5 10km N of Mineral, CA
- 2.9 13km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.8 13km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 2.2 12km ESE of Viola, CA
- 2.8 12km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.8 12km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 2.6 13km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.8 3km SE of Chester, CA
- 3.4 3km SE of Chester, CA
- 1.8 19km ESE of Anderson, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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