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M 2.4md

41km NE of Covelo, CA

· 7.3 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 58 kmGlenn County 66 kmTrinity County 69 kmMendocino County 83 kmLake County 106 kmShasta County 107 kmColusa County 112 kmHumboldt County 113 kmButte County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tehama County, 58 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3034 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 40.0492, -122.9028. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 58 km (36 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Glenn County, CA 66 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Trinity County, CA 69 km (43 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Mendocino County, CA 83 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Lake County, CA 106 km (66 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lake County
Shasta County, CA 107 km (67 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Shasta 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. 2.0 42km N of Covelo, CA
  2. 1.8 16km NW of Alder Springs, CA
  3. 1.6 30km NE of Covelo, CA
  4. 1.7 30km NE of Covelo, CA
  5. 1.7 36km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
  6. 1.5 14km SE of Covelo, CA
  7. 1.5 24km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  8. 1.6 23km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  9. 1.6 34km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA
  10. 1.6 21km SE of Covelo, CA
  11. 1.5 36km N of Covelo, CA
  12. 2.7 21km SE of Covelo, CA
  13. 2.4 21km SE of Covelo, CA
  14. 2.0 11km NE of Alder Springs, CA
  15. 1.6 22km NW of Alder Springs, 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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