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M 2.3md
Earthquake near McCloud, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in McCloud in the 24 hours to 7:57 am PST (15:57 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) N, at 12:35 am PDT on 13 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near McCloud
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) east-southeast of McCloud, CA, at 3:03 pm PST on 11 November 2020 (23:03 UTC), 9.5 km deep.
USGS: 16km ESE of McCloud, CA
- When
- 3:03 pm PST on 11 November 2020 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) east-southeast of McCloud, CA · earthquakes near McCloud
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (md)
- Depth
- 9.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Shasta County, 47 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2192 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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In McCloud, 16 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: McCloud 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 41.1805, -121.9812. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | S | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Trinity County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Modoc County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Modoc County |
| Tehama County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | S | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Lassen County, CA | 125 km (78 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lassen County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 24km N of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.7 27km N of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.8 23km N of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.9 9km E of Montgomery Creek, CA
- 1.9 16km SSE of McCloud, CA
- 1.6 19km NE of Big Bend, CA
- 2.1 13km NE of Montgomery Creek, CA
- 1.9 19km SW of Tennant, CA
- 1.6 12km SE of Dunsmuir, CA
- 2.5 13km SE of Dunsmuir, CA
- 2.1 10km NNW of Burney, CA
- 2.0 21km WSW of Dunsmuir, CA
- 1.9 9km SSE of McCloud, CA
- 2.0 6km NE of Dunsmuir, CA
- 1.5 6km NE of Dunsmuir, 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
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- 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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