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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

5 km WNW of Covelo, California

· 6.2 km deep · released about 23 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 44 kmGlenn County 81 kmLake County 92 kmTrinity County 94 kmTehama County 97 kmHumboldt County 112 kmColusa County 116 km
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
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mendocino County, 44 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3273 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 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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 39.8153, -123.3017. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 44 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Glenn County, CA 81 km (50 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Lake County, CA 92 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Trinity County, CA 94 km (58 mi) S of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Tehama County, CA 97 km (61 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Humboldt County, CA 112 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Humboldt County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 4km E of Covelo, CA
  2. 1.7 18km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  3. 1.6 7km SSW of Laytonville, CA
  4. 1.7 36km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  5. 2.6 4km ENE of Willits, CA
  6. 1.7 28km NW of Alder Springs, CA
  7. 1.7 8km NNE of Brooktrails, CA
  8. 1.9 6km ENE of Willits, CA
  9. 1.6 24km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  10. 1.7 4km E of Covelo, CA
  11. 1.5 12km N of Brooktrails, CA
  12. 1.9 16km NNW of Laytonville, CA
  13. 1.6 32km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  14. 1.6 32km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  15. 2.2 10km SW of Laytonville, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2016-11-06 — it released about 1,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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