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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

6km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA

· 9.6 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 33 kmMendocino County 46 kmGlenn County 51 kmColusa County 62 kmSonoma County 94 kmTehama County 102 kmNapa County 109 kmSutter County 110 kmYolo County 116 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lake County, 33 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2140 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 39.3710, -122.9110. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, CA 33 km (20 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Mendocino County, CA 46 km (29 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Glenn County, CA 51 km (32 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Colusa County, CA 62 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Sonoma County, CA 94 km (58 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Tehama County, CA 102 km (63 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Tehama County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 10km SE of Willits, CA
  2. 1.7 8km WSW of Upper Lake, CA
  3. 1.6 10km ESE of Willits, CA
  4. 1.7 10km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA
  5. 1.8 10km ESE of Willits, CA
  6. 2.2 11km ESE of Willits, CA
  7. 1.8 4km N of Redwood Valley, CA
  8. 1.9 13km W of Lakeport, CA
  9. 1.7 12km SE of Laytonville, CA
  10. 1.9 16km W of Ukiah, CA
  11. 1.6 10km NNE of Brooktrails, CA
  12. 2.4 4km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
  13. 1.6 11km SE of Laytonville, CA
  14. 2.0 14km W of Lakeport, CA
  15. 1.8 12km SE of Laytonville, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — it released about 38,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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