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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Redding, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Redding in the 24 hours to 7:29 am PST (15:29 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 5 km (3 mi) SW, at 4:06 pm PDT on 4 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Redding
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Redding, CA, at 9:43 am PDT on 13 September 2020 (16:43 UTC), 15 km deep.
USGS: 5km WSW of Manton, CA
72 km (45 mi) N of Chico, CA · 42 km (26 mi) ESE of Redding, CA
- When
- 9:43 am PDT on 13 September 2020 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Redding, CA · earthquakes near Redding
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Tehama County, 41 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2248 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Redding, 45 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Shingletown.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 15 km NE of Mineral, California · 39 km E of this epicentre
- 5.1 7km NW of Redding, CA · 49 km WNW 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 40.4037, -121.9202. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehama County, CA | 41 km (25 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Shasta County, CA | 41 km (25 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Butte County, CA | 86 km (54 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Glenn County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Plumas County, CA | 104 km (64 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Trinity County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Trinity County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 10km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
- 2.2 19km WSW of Manton, CA
- 2.0 10km WNW of Viola, CA
- 1.8 9km ESE of Millville, CA
- 1.8 14km NNW of Viola, CA
- 1.9 21km SE of Anderson, CA
- 2.3 9km ENE of Viola, CA
- 2.0 2km ENE of Montgomery Creek, CA
- 1.7 30km NNW of Forest Ranch, CA
- 2.2 14km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.8 14km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.6 6km WNW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.5 12km W of Shingletown, CA
- 3.0 13km W of Shingletown, CA
- 1.5 16km NNW of Shingletown, 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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