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M 1.7md

3km N of Almanor, CA

· 9.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 41 kmLassen County 70 kmButte County 74 kmTehama County 91 kmSierra County 92 kmShasta County 94 kmYuba County 109 kmNevada County 110 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 1.7 (md)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 41 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2543 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 40.2410, -121.1727. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 41 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 70 km (44 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Butte County, CA 74 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Tehama County, CA 91 km (56 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Sierra County, CA 92 km (57 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Shasta County, CA 94 km (58 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Shasta County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 7km S of Mineral, CA
  2. 1.9 5km NNE of Greenhorn, CA
  3. 1.7 6km NNE of East Quincy, CA
  4. 2.2 5km N of Almanor, CA
  5. 1.8 7km N of Greenhorn, CA
  6. 1.6 7km NNW of Greenville, CA
  7. 1.7 9km NNW of Susanville, CA
  8. 1.5 8km NE of East Shore, CA
  9. 1.5 8km ENE of Hamilton Branch, CA
  10. 1.5 2km W of Almanor, CA
  11. 1.5 6 km ENE of East Quincy, California
  12. 1.6 3km NE of Canyondam, CA
  13. 2.1 6km NNW of Greenville, CA
  14. 2.0 3km NNE of Spring Garden, CA
  15. 3.1 2km NE of Prattville, 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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