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M 1.9md
Earthquake near Shingletown, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Shingletown in the 24 hours to 7:04 am PST (15:04 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 170 km (106 mi) SW, at 8:10 am PDT on 24 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 5,311 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Shingletown
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) north-northeast of Shingletown, CA, at 12:00 am PST on 12 January 2020 (08:00 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 17km NNW of Viola, CA
99 km (62 mi) N of Chico, CA · 50 km (31 mi) E of Redding, CA
- When
- 12:00 am PST on 12 January 2020 ()
- Where
- 20 km (12 mi) north-northeast of Shingletown, CA · earthquakes near Shingletown
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Shasta County, 25 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2493 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Shingletown, 20 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: Burney.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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:
- 5.5 15 km NE of Mineral, California · 35 km SE 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 40.6502, -121.7817. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta County, CA | 25 km (16 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Tehama County, CA | 70 km (43 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Lassen County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Plumas County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Butte County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | S | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Trinity County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | W | earthquakes near Trinity 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.
- 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
- 1.6 12km NE of Bella Vista, CA
- 1.8 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 2.7 18km NE of Red Bluff, CA
- 1.9 12km ENE of Mineral, CA
- 1.5 12km N of Mineral, CA
- 1.5 8km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Mineral, CA
- 2.1 12km WSW of Shingletown, CA
- 1.7 10km NE of Shasta Lake, 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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