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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

22km SE of Burney, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 47 kmLassen County 73 kmTehama County 92 kmPlumas County 99 kmModoc County 116 kmButte County 119 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
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 47 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2599 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 40.7303, -121.4878. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 47 km (29 mi) E of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Lassen County, CA 73 km (45 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Tehama County, CA 92 km (57 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Plumas County, CA 99 km (62 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Modoc County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Butte County, CA 119 km (74 mi) N of here earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 12km ENE of Mineral, CA
  2. 1.5 12km N of Mineral, CA
  3. 1.6 7km S of Mineral, CA
  4. 2.3 10km NNW of Viola, CA
  5. 1.6 7km SSW of Big Bend, CA
  6. 1.7 7km SSW of Big Bend, CA
  7. 1.8 11km NW of Shingletown, CA
  8. 1.6 7km SSW of Big Bend, CA
  9. 1.9 2km NNE of Fall River Mills, CA
  10. 1.6 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  11. 2.2 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  12. 1.6 22km NE of Viola, CA
  13. 2.0 14km NNE of Mineral, CA
  14. 1.7 16km NNW of Shingletown, CA
  15. 1.6 16km NNW of Shingletown, 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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