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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

11km N of Mineral, CA

· 3.3 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 53 kmTehama County 68 kmPlumas County 81 kmLassen County 84 kmButte County 88 kmGlenn County 119 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
3.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 53 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2813 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 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× 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 40.4580, -121.5563. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 68 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Plumas County, CA 81 km (50 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 84 km (52 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Butte County, CA 88 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 119 km (74 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Glenn 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. 2.1 21km SE of Burney, CA
  2. 2.0 21km SE of Burney, CA
  3. 1.8 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  4. 2.0 18km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
  5. 1.8 22km SE of Burney, CA
  6. 1.8 24km SE of Burney, CA
  7. 1.6 22km SE of Burney, CA
  8. 1.9 22km SE of Burney, CA
  9. 1.9 9km SSE of Mineral, CA
  10. 2.4 22km SE of Burney, CA
  11. 1.6 22km SE of Burney, CA
  12. 1.7 21km SE of Burney, CA
  13. 1.6 22km SE of Burney, CA
  14. 3.0 21km SE of Burney, CA
  15. 2.4 21km SE of Burney, 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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