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M 2.2md

3km SE of Belden, CA

· 3.7 km deep · released about 62 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 35 kmButte County 48 kmSierra County 76 kmYuba County 80 kmNevada County 86 kmTehama County 86 kmLassen County 96 kmGlenn County 109 kmShasta County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 35 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3008 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 62 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 240,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 62 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 39.9873, -121.2335. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sierra County, CA 76 km (47 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Yuba County, CA 80 km (50 mi) N of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Nevada County, CA 86 km (54 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Tehama County, CA 86 km (54 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  2. 2.2 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  3. 1.8 6km SSE of Taylorsville, CA
  4. 2.4 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  5. 1.8 8km NNE of East Quincy, CA
  6. 2.0 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  7. 2.9 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  8. 1.6 8 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  9. 1.6 9 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  10. 2.6 6km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  11. 1.7 6 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  12. 1.6 6 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  13. 1.5 4 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  14. 2.5 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  15. 2.4 4km SSE 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.

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