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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

4km NNE of Millville, CA

· 17 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 22 kmTehama County 51 kmTrinity County 81 kmGlenn County 111 kmButte County 113 kmSiskiyou County 116 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 1.6 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 22 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2643 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 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 40.5832, -122.1635. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 22 km (14 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 51 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Trinity County, CA 81 km (50 mi) E of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Glenn County, CA 111 km (69 mi) N of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Butte County, CA 113 km (70 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Siskiyou County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 26km WNW of Montgomery Creek, CA
  2. 1.6 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  3. 1.6 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  4. 1.7 18km NE of Red Bluff, CA
  5. 1.7 2km NE of Montgomery Creek, CA
  6. 1.9 15km ESE of Anderson, CA
  7. 2.0 27km N of Shasta Lake, CA
  8. 2.5 17km SE of Anderson, CA
  9. 1.9 18km ESE of Anderson, CA
  10. 1.9 17km NNW of Viola, CA
  11. 1.7 17km SE of Anderson, CA
  12. 1.9 18km ESE of Anderson, CA
  13. 2.5 18km ESE of Anderson, CA
  14. 1.6 18km ESE of Anderson, CA
  15. 1.7 18km ESE of Anderson, 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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