Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
9km W of Mineral, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 6.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Shasta County, 53 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3072 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 40.3715, -121.6742. 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 | 79 km (49 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 | 97 km (60 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Glenn County, CA | 106 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
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 21km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 2.3 19km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.6 18km NNW of Belden, CA
- 1.5 17km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.6 17km ESE of Anderson, CA
- 2.6 10km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
- 2.3 10km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.8 15km E of Viola, CA
- 1.8 15km E of Viola, CA
- 1.8 6km ESE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.6 15km S of Mineral, CA
- 1.6 7km WSW of Manton, CA
- 1.8 12km W of Manton, CA
- 1.5 12km SE of Millville, CA
- 1.7 13km W of Manton, 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
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