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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Covelo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Covelo in the 24 hours to 10:17 pm PST (06:17 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) N, at 3:31 pm PST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Covelo
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) east-northeast of Covelo, CA, at 8:10 pm PST on 24 January 2019 (04:10 UTC), 25 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 34km ENE of Covelo, CA
95 km (59 mi) WNW of Chico, CA
- When
- 8:10 pm PST on 24 January 2019 ()
- Where
- 34 km (21 mi) east-northeast of Covelo, CA · earthquakes near Covelo
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 25 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Glenn County, 58 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Bartlett Springs fault system, 24 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2840 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Covelo, 34 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 33 km NW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, California · 32 km NNE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 39.9497, -122.9023. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn County, CA | 58 km (36 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Tehama County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Trinity County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Lake County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | S | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Colusa County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 5km NNE of Alder Springs, CA
- 1.6 11km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 2.4 12km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 1.8 14km NE of Covelo, CA
- 1.5 16km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.7 12km NNW of Stony Gorge Reservoir, CA
- 1.8 41km NE of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 41km NE of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 16km NW of Alder Springs, CA
- 1.8 36km NE of Covelo, CA
- 2.6 41km S of Hayfork, CA
- 2.7 37km SSE of Hayfork, CA
- 1.5 41km NE of Covelo, CA
- 2.9 15km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.9 21km W of Rancho Tehama Reserve, 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
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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