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M 1.7md

11km W of Manton, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 38 kmTehama County 39 kmButte County 91 kmGlenn County 98 kmTrinity County 98 kmPlumas County 111 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
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 38 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2928 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 10 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 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 40.4237, -121.9968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 38 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 39 km (24 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Butte County, CA 91 km (56 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 98 km (61 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Trinity County, CA 98 km (61 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Plumas County, CA 111 km (69 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

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

  1. 1.6 8km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  2. 1.8 6km N of Gerber, CA
  3. 2.6 6km N of Gerber, CA
  4. 2.7 4km N of Gerber, CA
  5. 1.7 6km SE of Viola, CA
  6. 1.6 2km W of Palo Cedro, CA
  7. 1.7 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  8. 2.1 4km SW of Millville, CA
  9. 1.9 2km SW of Millville, CA
  10. 1.5 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  11. 1.6 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  12. 2.6 10km SW of Shingletown, CA
  13. 1.7 1km NNE of Palo Cedro, CA
  14. 1.6 3km E of Shasta Lake, CA
  15. 1.6 3km NNW of Redding, 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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