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M 2.6md
Earthquake near Yreka, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Yreka in the 24 hours to 3:53 am PST (11:53 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 269 km (167 mi) S, at 8:10 am PDT on 24 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5,311 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Yreka
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 38 km (24 mi) east-southeast of Yreka, CA, at 6:11 am PST on 8 February 2021 (14:11 UTC), 16 km deep.
USGS: 23km SW of Mount Hebron, CA
- When
- 6:11 am PST on 8 February 2021 ()
- Where
- 38 km (24 mi) east-southeast of Yreka, CA · earthquakes near Yreka
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Siskiyou County, 29 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cedar Mountain fault system, 12 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 615 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Yreka, 38 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Weed, Montague.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 41.6350, -122.1950. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siskiyou County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | W | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Jackson County, OR | 95 km (59 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Shasta County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | S | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Klamath County, OR | 125 km (78 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Klamath County |
| Trinity County, CA | 134 km (83 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Josephine County, OR | 141 km (88 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Josephine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 16 km E of McCloud, CA
- 1.6 7 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 1.6 7 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 1.6 7 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 1.7 8 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 2.1 7 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 1.9 8 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 1.9 7 km NE of McCloud, CA
- 1.9 24 km E of Hornbrook, CA
- 1.6 20 km E of Hornbrook, California
- 1.8 18 km E of Hornbrook, California
- 1.6 15 km ENE of Hornbrook, California
- 1.8 7 km ESE of McCloud, CA
- 1.7 8 km ESE of McCloud, CA
- 1.8 17 km E of Carrick, 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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