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M 2.9ml

13km SSW of Manton, CA

· 13 km deep · released about 590 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 33 kmShasta County 50 kmButte County 78 kmGlenn County 89 kmPlumas County 101 kmTrinity County 106 kmLassen 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 2.9 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Tehama County, 33 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2444 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 590 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 26,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 590 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 40.3190, -121.9333. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 33 km (21 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 50 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Butte County, CA 78 km (48 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 89 km (55 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 101 km (63 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Trinity County, CA 106 km (66 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12km WSW of Shingletown, CA
  2. 1.9 12km SE of Los Molinos, CA
  3. 1.5 5km WSW of Manton, CA
  4. 2.3 10km NNW of Viola, CA
  5. 1.6 15km ESE of Anderson, CA
  6. 1.8 11km NW of Shingletown, CA
  7. 1.6 4km NNW of Palo Cedro, CA
  8. 2.1 6km NE of Gerber, CA
  9. 1.6 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  10. 2.2 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  11. 2.0 14km NNE of Mineral, CA
  12. 1.7 16km NNW of Shingletown, CA
  13. 1.6 16km NNW of Shingletown, CA
  14. 1.8 11km NW of Viola, CA
  15. 1.9 16km 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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