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M 1.7md

7km NNW of Belden, CA

· -1.5 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 39 kmButte County 53 kmTehama County 82 kmSierra County 84 kmYuba County 89 kmLassen County 91 kmNevada County 96 kmShasta County 101 kmGlenn County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
-1.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 39 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2144 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 40.0655, -121.2745. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 53 km (33 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Tehama County, CA 82 km (51 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Sierra County, CA 84 km (52 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Yuba County, CA 89 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Lassen County, CA 91 km (57 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lassen County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 10km NNE of Mineral, CA
  2. 1.9 10km NNE of Mineral, CA
  3. 1.9 11km NNE of Mineral, CA
  4. 2.1 7km N of Greenhorn, CA
  5. 1.6 14km NE of Mineral, CA
  6. 1.5 11km SW of Chester, CA
  7. 1.9 4km NNE of Prattville, CA
  8. 1.8 5km SSE of Mineral, CA
  9. 1.7 4km SSE of Mineral, CA
  10. 1.8 5km W of Paradise, CA
  11. 1.5 6 km SSE of Quincy, California
  12. 2.2 6km SSE of Quincy, CA
  13. 1.7 8km WNW of Chester, CA
  14. 1.5 15km ENE of Mineral, CA
  15. 1.6 14km NNE of Mineral, 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.

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