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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

8km NNE of Shasta Lake, CA

· -0.8 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 23 kmTrinity County 68 kmTehama County 69 kmSiskiyou County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
-0.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2896 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 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 1,400,000× 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 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 40.7422, -122.3208. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 23 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Trinity County, CA 68 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Tehama County, CA 69 km (43 mi) N of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Siskiyou County, CA 96 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Butte County, CA 134 km (83 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 18km NW of Viola, CA
  2. 1.7 3km NNW of Millville, CA
  3. 1.5 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  4. 2.1 18km NW of Viola, CA
  5. 1.6 4km NNE of Millville, CA
  6. 1.8 6km NNE of Millville, CA
  7. 2.3 2km WSW of Anderson, CA
  8. 1.9 11km ENE of French Gulch, CA
  9. 1.6 5km NNE of Shasta, CA
  10. 1.6 8km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  11. 1.6 2km W of Palo Cedro, CA
  12. 1.6 4km WNW of Big Bend, CA
  13. 1.7 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  14. 1.8 5km SW of Big Bend, CA
  15. 2.1 4km SW of Millville, 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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