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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

10km WSW of Susanville, CA

· -0.2 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lassen County 39 kmPlumas County 43 kmSierra County 91 kmWashoe County 100 kmButte County 107 kmShasta County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
-0.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lassen County, 39 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2882 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 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 40.3798, -120.7548. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lassen County, CA 39 km (24 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA 43 km (27 mi) N of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 91 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Washoe County, NV 100 km (62 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Butte County, CA 107 km (67 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Shasta County, CA 117 km (73 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Shasta County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 2km SW of Canyondam, CA
  2. 1.9 3km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  3. 1.5 14km NNE of Hamilton Branch, CA
  4. 2.4 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  5. 1.6 1km WSW of Almanor, CA
  6. 1.9 9km WSW of Susanville, CA
  7. 1.6 4 km SSW of Canyondam, California
  8. 2.0 6km SSW of Canyondam, CA
  9. 1.8 3km NE of Greenville, CA
  10. 1.7 6 km N of Greenhorn, California
  11. 1.6 4km W of Almanor, CA
  12. 1.7 15km SSW of Susanville, CA
  13. 1.8 15km SSW of Susanville, CA
  14. 1.8 4km W of Taylorsville, CA
  15. 1.9 2km WNW of East Shore, 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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