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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

4km NE of Hamilton City, CA

· 20 km deep · released about 570 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Butte County 35 kmGlenn County 41 kmTehama County 45 kmColusa County 70 kmYuba County 78 kmSutter County 85 kmLake County 99 kmPlumas County 102 kmShasta 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 2.9 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Butte County, 35 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2503 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 570 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 27,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 570 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 39.7737, -121.9822. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Butte County, CA 35 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 41 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Tehama County, CA 45 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Colusa County, CA 70 km (43 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Yuba County, CA 78 km (49 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Sutter County, CA 85 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sutter 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. 2.4 2km ENE of Gerber, CA
  2. 1.9 11km N of Oroville, CA
  3. 1.7 9km NNE of Los Molinos, CA
  4. 2.0 7km NE of Los Molinos, CA
  5. 1.9 12km SE of Los Molinos, CA
  6. 2.1 15km E of Willows, CA
  7. 2.3 4km SW of Hamilton City, CA
  8. 2.4 8km NNW of Hamilton City, CA
  9. 2.2 6km SE of Corning, CA
  10. 2.3 6km SE of Corning, CA
  11. 2.0 4km NE of Hamilton City, CA
  12. 1.8 5km NNE of Hamilton City, CA
  13. 1.7 10km S of Hamilton City, CA
  14. 2.0 10km NNW of Oroville, CA
  15. 2.5 4km NNE of Hamilton City, 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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