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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

18km ESE of Anderson, CA

· 14 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 31 kmShasta County 42 kmTrinity County 90 kmButte County 91 kmGlenn County 91 kmPlumas County 117 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 1.6 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tehama County, 31 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3027 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 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 40.3877, -122.1032. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 31 km (19 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 42 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Trinity County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Butte County, CA 91 km (56 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 91 km (57 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 117 km (73 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 18km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  2. 1.9 18km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  3. 1.7 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  4. 1.8 8km NNE of Viola, CA
  5. 1.6 16km W of Manton, CA
  6. 1.9 6km ENE of Shasta, CA
  7. 1.7 11km N of Mineral, CA
  8. 2.0 14km SE of Millville, CA
  9. 1.6 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  10. 1.8 21km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  11. 2.3 19km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  12. 1.5 17km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  13. 1.6 9km NNE of Shasta Lake, CA
  14. 1.8 5km WNW of Shasta Lake, CA
  15. 1.7 10km S of Shasta, 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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