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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Susanville, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Susanville in the 24 hours to 4:45 am PST (12:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 15 km (9 mi) N, at 8:16 am PDT on 25 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Susanville
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southwest of Susanville, CA, at 11:32 am PDT on 5 June 2020 (18:32 UTC), 9.3 km deep.
USGS: 7km SW of Susanville, CA
- When
- 11:32 am PDT on 5 June 2020 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) southwest of Susanville, CA · earthquakes near Susanville
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 9.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lassen County, 38 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Honey Lake fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2351 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Susanville, 6 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.
Likely felt in: Susanville 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.5 on 2016-08-04 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 2 km NNE of Canyondam, California · 36 km SW 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 40.3793, -120.7058. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Plumas County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Sierra County, CA | 91 km (56 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Washoe County, NV | 96 km (60 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Washoe County |
| Butte County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Shasta County, CA | 121 km (75 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Shasta 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 3km NNE of Chester, CA
- 2.2 4km ENE of Prattville, CA
- 2.1 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
- 1.6 3km S of East Shore, CA
- 2.1 7km N of Greenhorn, CA
- 1.9 4km NNE of Prattville, CA
- 1.5 4km S of Canyondam, CA
- 1.5 1km WSW of Canyondam, CA
- 2.1 4km SSW of East Shore, CA
- 2.3 2km N of Canyondam, CA
- 1.6 3km ENE of Prattville, CA
- 1.7 4km NNE of Canyondam, CA
- 2.1 14km SE of Honey Lake, CA
- 1.6 25km NNE of Hamilton Branch, CA
- 1.8 33km NNW of Susanville, 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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