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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

16km SW of Manton, CA

· 3.1 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 29 kmShasta County 49 kmButte County 80 kmGlenn County 87 kmTrinity County 101 kmPlumas County 106 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
3.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tehama County, 29 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2757 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 40.3198, -122.0003. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 29 km (18 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 49 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Butte County, CA 80 km (50 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 87 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Trinity County, CA 101 km (63 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Plumas County, CA 106 km (66 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

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

  1. 1.6 17km NNW of Shingletown, CA
  2. 2.0 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  3. 1.8 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  4. 2.6 10km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
  5. 2.0 18km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
  6. 1.9 9km SSE of Mineral, CA
  7. 1.8 18km NW of Viola, CA
  8. 1.6 18km NW of Viola, CA
  9. 1.8 18km NW of Viola, CA
  10. 1.6 18km NW of Viola, CA
  11. 2.2 18km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  12. 1.5 18km NW of Viola, CA
  13. 1.6 18km NW of Viola, CA
  14. 2.0 13km NNE of Mineral, CA
  15. 1.6 7km NNE of Mineral, 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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