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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

10km ENE of Red Bluff, CA

· 19 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 12 kmShasta County 62 kmGlenn County 71 kmButte County 75 kmTrinity County 97 kmPlumas County 113 kmColusa County 115 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Tehama County, 12 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2587 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 40.2045, -122.1290. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 12 km (8 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 62 km (39 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Glenn County, CA 71 km (44 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Butte County, CA 75 km (47 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Trinity County, CA 97 km (60 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Plumas County, CA 113 km (70 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

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

  1. 2.1 6km NE of Gerber, CA
  2. 1.8 5km NNE of Hamilton City, CA
  3. 2.3 5km NNE of Hamilton City, CA
  4. 1.9 4km NE of Hamilton City, CA
  5. 1.9 16km ESE of Anderson, CA
  6. 1.8 4km NE of Hamilton City, CA
  7. 2.1 4km NE of Hamilton City, CA
  8. 1.7 3km NNE of Hamilton City, CA
  9. 1.7 4km NNE of Hamilton City, CA
  10. 1.8 5km SE of Bella Vista, CA
  11. 2.8 4km N of Hamilton City, CA
  12. 1.6 5km ESE of Redding, CA
  13. 1.7 4km SE of Redding, CA
  14. 1.8 6km NNE of Gerber, CA
  15. 1.6 20km NE of Red Bluff, 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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