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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

10km ENE of Red Bluff, CA

· 19 km deep · released about 210 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 13 kmShasta County 61 kmGlenn County 72 kmButte County 76 kmTrinity County 96 kmPlumas County 114 kmColusa County 116 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tehama County, 13 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2864 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 210 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 72,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 51,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 210 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 40.2192, -122.1323. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 13 km (8 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 61 km (38 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Glenn County, CA 72 km (45 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Butte County, CA 76 km (47 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Trinity County, CA 96 km (60 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Plumas County, CA 114 km (71 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

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

  1. 2.9 13km SSW of Manton, CA
  2. 1.6 18km SSW of Mineral, CA
  3. 1.6 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  4. 1.7 12km NE of Shingletown, CA
  5. 1.8 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  6. 2.0 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  7. 1.8 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  8. 2.6 10km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
  9. 2.0 18km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
  10. 1.7 3km NNW of Millville, CA
  11. 1.6 4km NNE of Millville, CA
  12. 1.8 6km NNE of Millville, CA
  13. 2.3 2km WSW of Anderson, CA
  14. 1.8 6km N of Gerber, CA
  15. 2.6 6km N of Gerber, 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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