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M 2.0md
Earthquake near Laytonville, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Laytonville in the 24 hours to 9:16 am PST (17:16 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 13 km (8 mi) WSW, at 7:25 am PST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Laytonville
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Laytonville, CA, at 3:31 pm PST on 10 January 2021 (23:31 UTC), 7.2 km deep.
USGS: 12km SE of Laytonville, CA
- When
- 3:31 pm PST on 10 January 2021 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Laytonville, CA · earthquakes near Laytonville
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 19 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Laytonville, 12 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: Laytonville 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 26 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 4.3 on 2019-04-29 — about 3,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 9 km S of Leggett, California · 35 km NW 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 39.6018, -123.4018. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | S | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | E | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Tehama County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Trinity County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Trinity County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 4km ENE of Laytonville, CA
- 1.6 1km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.7 16km NE of Willits, CA
- 3.9 15km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.0 12km NNE of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.7 8km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.5 6km E of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.5 4km ESE of Laytonville, CA
- 1.5 8km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.5 12km N of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.7 4km S of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 2km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 26km N of Laytonville, CA
- 1.5 10km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.8 20km NNW of Boonville, 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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