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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

8km NW of Honey Lake, CA

· 7.6 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 48 kmLassen County 51 kmSierra County 79 kmWashoe County 81 kmNevada County 114 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 2.3 (md)
Depth
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
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 minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 82 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 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 40.2825, -120.4130. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 51 km (32 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Sierra County, CA 79 km (49 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Washoe County, NV 81 km (50 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Nevada County, CA 114 km (71 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Storey County, NV 121 km (75 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

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

  1. 1.8 4km ESE of Taylorsville, CA
  2. 1.5 9 km N of Greenhorn, California
  3. 2.2 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  4. 1.8 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  5. 2.9 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  6. 1.8 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  7. 1.6 4 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  8. 2.3 27km SE of Honey Lake, CA
  9. 1.5 9 km S of Taylorsville, California
  10. 2.4 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  11. 2.2 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  12. 1.8 6km SSE of Taylorsville, CA
  13. 2.4 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  14. 1.8 8km NNE of East Quincy, CA
  15. 2.0 4km SE of Taylorsville, 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 4.5 on 2016-08-04 — it released about 1,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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