Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
15km NNW of Chester, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 5.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Plumas County, 62 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2488 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 12 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 40.4325, -121.2807. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumas County, CA | 62 km (39 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Lassen County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Shasta County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Tehama County, CA | 88 km (54 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Butte County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Sierra County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Sierra County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 4km NNE of Almanor, CA
- 1.6 3km ENE of Prattville, CA
- 1.9 8km WNW of Caribou, CA
- 1.5 1km WNW of Canyondam, CA
- 2.0 3km E of Prattville, CA
- 1.9 6km SE of Chester, CA
- 1.8 2km SSW of Canyondam, CA
- 1.7 7km NNW of Belden, CA
- 1.6 19km NW of Storrie, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Canyondam, CA
- 1.9 5km ESE of Chester, CA
- 1.8 6km N of Almanor, CA
- 1.9 12km ENE of Mineral, CA
- 1.6 4km NE of Canyondam, CA
- 1.5 12km N of Mineral, 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.
On USGS
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