Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.9md
25km E of Weitchpec, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (md)
- Depth
- 39 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Trinity County, 62 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2902 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 41.1563, -123.4115. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Humboldt County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Del Norte County, CA | 81 km (51 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 88 km (54 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Shasta County, CA | 123 km (76 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Tehama County, CA | 152 km (94 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 24km WNW of Weaverville, CA
- 1.8 9km W of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.2 20km SE of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.2 28km NW of Weaverville, CA
- 2.1 16km ESE of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.5 27km SSE of Somes Bar, CA
- 2.8 15km WNW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.2 3km NW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.5 31km WNW of Weaverville, CA
- 2.1 24km ESE of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.8 22km NW of Weitchpec, CA
- 2.3 29km NNW of Hayfork, CA
- 2.2 12km E of Blue Lake, CA
- 2.5 29km NNW of Hayfork, CA
- 2.1 22km NNW of Hayfork, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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