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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Anderson, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Anderson in the 24 hours to 5:43 am PST (13:43 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 4 km (2 mi) SSE, at 7:24 pm PDT on 5 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Anderson
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) east-southeast of Anderson, CA, at 2:57 am PST on 9 January 2020 (10:57 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 18km ESE of Anderson, CA
72 km (45 mi) NNW of Chico, CA · 31 km (19 mi) SE of Redding, CA
- When
- 2:57 am PST on 9 January 2020 ()
- Where
- 18 km (11 mi) east-southeast of Anderson, CA · earthquakes near Anderson
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Tehama County, 28 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2499 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Anderson, 18 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Red Bluff, Shingletown, Palo Cedro.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.1 7km NW of Redding, CA · 38 km NW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 40.3623, -122.1208. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehama County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Shasta County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | N | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Glenn County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Butte County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Trinity County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Plumas County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Plumas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 10km N of Viola, CA
- 1.8 12km NNE of Shingletown, CA
- 2.0 10km N of Viola, CA
- 2.1 10km N of Viola, CA
- 2.8 10km N of Viola, CA
- 2.0 10km N of Viola, CA
- 1.6 12km NE of Bella Vista, CA
- 1.7 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
- 2.0 20km SSW of Manton, CA
- 1.8 6km ENE of Shasta, CA
- 1.6 12km NE of Bella Vista, CA
- 1.6 5km NNE of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.8 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 2.7 18km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 2.4 2km ENE of Gerber, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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