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M 2.0md
Earthquake near Orland, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Orland in the 24 hours to 11:11 pm PST (07:11 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 70 km (44 mi) WSW, at 5:01 am PDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 14 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Orland
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) west of Orland, CA, at 6:24 am PDT on 23 March 2019 (13:24 UTC), 14 km deep.
USGS: 11km NE of Alder Springs, CA
71 km (44 mi) W of Chico, CA
- When
- 6:24 am PDT on 23 March 2019 ()
- Where
- 39 km (24 mi) west of Orland, CA · earthquakes near Orland
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Glenn County, 25 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2788 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Orland, 39 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — about 42,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 39.7305, -122.6463. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn County, CA | 25 km (16 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Tehama County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Lake County, CA | 70 km (43 mi) | S | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Colusa County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Butte County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | E | earthquakes near Butte County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
39 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 15km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.9 21km W of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA
- 1.7 8km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.9 19km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
- 1.8 20km NNW of Alder Springs, CA
- 2.4 14km NW of Alder Springs, CA
- 1.8 23km WNW of Alder Springs, CA
- 2.1 6km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.9 18km NE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.8 16km NW of Alder Springs, CA
- 1.8 8km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 1km ENE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.4 8km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 9km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 24km 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
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- 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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