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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0md

5km NW of Honey Lake, CA

· 9.1 km deep · released about 860 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 48 kmLassen County 53 kmSierra County 78 kmWashoe County 80 kmNevada County 113 kmStorey County 118 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 3.0 (md)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
13 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Plumas County, 48 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3009 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 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.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 40.2687, -120.3912. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Sierra County, CA 78 km (48 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Washoe County, NV 80 km (50 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Nevada County, CA 113 km (70 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Storey County, NV 118 km (74 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  2. 2.3 27km SE of Honey Lake, CA
  3. 1.5 9 km S of Taylorsville, California
  4. 2.4 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  5. 2.2 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  6. 1.8 6km SSE of Taylorsville, CA
  7. 2.4 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  8. 1.8 8km NNE of East Quincy, CA
  9. 2.0 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  10. 2.9 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  11. 1.6 8 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  12. 1.6 9 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  13. 2.6 6km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  14. 1.7 6 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  15. 1.6 6 km SSE of Taylorsville, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2016-08-04 — it released about 180 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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