Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
2km WSW of Paradise, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Butte County, 10 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2943 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 7.3 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 39.7527, -121.6478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte County, CA | 10 km (6 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Yuba County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Yuba County |
| Tehama County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Glenn County, CA | 67 km (41 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Plumas County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Sutter County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Sutter County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 23km S of Mineral, CA
- 2.5 8km W of Durham, CA
- 1.6 15km SW of Durham, CA
- 2.2 11km N of Oroville, CA
- 1.6 18km ESE of Willows, CA
- 2.3 12km W of La Porte, CA
- 1.7 16km E of Willows, CA
- 1.7 12km W of Loma Rica, CA
- 2.6 13km W of La Porte, CA
- 2.2 15km ENE of Willows, CA
- 2.1 12km WSW of La Porte, CA
- 2.2 12km W of La Porte, CA
- 1.8 13km W of La Porte, CA
- 1.8 6km WSW of Belden, CA
- 1.9 12km W of La Porte, 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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