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M 3.0ml
Earthquake near Redding, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Redding in the 24 hours to 5:16 am PST (13:16 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 5 km (3 mi) SW, at 4:06 pm PDT on 4 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Redding
This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Redding, CA, at 2:09 pm PDT on 24 August 2017 (21:09 UTC), 16 km deep. 34 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km E of Cottonwood, California
75 km (46 mi) NNW of Chico, CA · 27 km (17 mi) SE of Redding, CA
- When
- 2:09 pm PDT on 24 August 2017 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Redding, CA · earthquakes near Redding
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- 34 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Tehama County, 28 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3280 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 31 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Redding, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Anderson 13 km, intensity II · Red Bluff 22 km, intensity II · Shingletown 28 km, intensity II · Redding 30 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 33 km NW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, California · 49 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.1 7km NW of Redding, CA · 35 km NW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 40.3718, -122.1770. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehama County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Shasta County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Trinity County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Glenn County, CA | 88 km (54 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Butte County, CA | 93 km (57 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Plumas County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Plumas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 12km WSW of Shingletown, CA
- 1.6 9km SW of Shingletown, CA
- 1.8 1km WSW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.8 1km SW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.5 3km NW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 2.5 6km ENE of Redding, CA
- 1.5 1km WNW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.5 2km W of Palo Cedro, CA
- 2.4 1km SW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.7 18km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.5 19km NNE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.7 8km SE of French Gulch, CA
- 2.2 2km E of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.5 20km SE of Anderson, CA
- 1.5 3km E of Millville, 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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