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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

14km NNW of Viola, CA

· 7.8 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 31 kmTehama County 72 kmLassen County 92 kmPlumas County 104 kmButte County 109 kmTrinity 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 1.7 (md)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 31 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3069 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 40.6432, -121.7117. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 31 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 72 km (45 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Lassen County, CA 92 km (57 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA 104 km (65 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 109 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Butte County
Trinity County, CA 118 km (74 mi) E of here earthquakes near Trinity County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 7km N of Burney, CA
  2. 1.8 18km WNW of Round Mountain, CA
  3. 1.6 10km NNE of Burney, CA
  4. 1.6 17km ESE of Anderson, CA
  5. 1.6 4km WSW of Big Bend, CA
  6. 1.8 15km E of Viola, CA
  7. 1.8 15km E of Viola, CA
  8. 1.6 15km S of Mineral, CA
  9. 1.6 7km WSW of Manton, CA
  10. 1.8 12km W of Manton, CA
  11. 1.5 12km SE of Millville, CA
  12. 1.7 13km W of Manton, CA
  13. 2.1 8km NW of Montgomery Creek, CA
  14. 1.6 6km ESE of Bella Vista, CA
  15. 1.7 15km WSW of Shingletown, 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.

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