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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

2km ENE of Belden, CA

· 8.1 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 35 kmButte County 50 kmSierra County 78 kmYuba County 83 kmTehama County 86 kmNevada County 89 kmLassen County 94 kmShasta County 108 kmGlenn County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 35 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2676 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 40.0143, -121.2350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 50 km (31 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sierra County, CA 78 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Yuba County, CA 83 km (52 mi) N of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Tehama County, CA 86 km (53 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Nevada County, CA 89 km (55 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6km S of Bucks Lake, CA
  2. 2.1 8km W of La Porte, CA
  3. 1.8 15km WSW of Chester, CA
  4. 1.5 10km WSW of Chester, CA
  5. 2.0 2km W of Almanor, CA
  6. 2.1 3km WSW of Almanor, CA
  7. 1.5 3km ESE of Canyondam, CA
  8. 2.0 3km W of Hamilton Branch, CA
  9. 1.8 5km ESE of Taylorsville, CA
  10. 1.8 5km ESE of Taylorsville, CA
  11. 1.6 6 km S of Taylorsville, California
  12. 2.5 4km SE of Concow, CA
  13. 1.9 4km NNW of Almanor, CA
  14. 2.4 2km ESE of Prattville, CA
  15. 1.7 15km NNW of Chester, 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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