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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0ml

13km W of Shingletown, CA

· 19 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 32 kmTehama County 42 kmTrinity County 93 kmButte County 97 kmGlenn County 101 kmPlumas 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 3.0 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
77 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Shasta County, 32 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1937 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 77 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 40.4723, -122.0407. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Trinity County, CA 93 km (58 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Butte County, CA 97 km (60 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 101 km (63 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 116 km (72 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4km ENE of Shasta, CA
  2. 2.5 4km ENE of Shasta, CA
  3. 1.8 4km E of Shasta, CA
  4. 1.7 4km NW of Bella Vista, CA
  5. 2.1 2km NW of Bella Vista, CA
  6. 1.5 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  7. 1.5 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  8. 1.5 6km NNE of Millville, CA
  9. 1.7 2km SW of Palo Cedro, CA
  10. 2.1 0km S of Palo Cedro, CA
  11. 1.6 4km W of Shasta Lake, CA
  12. 1.9 12km ESE of Viola, CA
  13. 1.5 1km NW of Palo Cedro, CA
  14. 1.6 3km WSW of Shasta Lake, CA
  15. 1.5 1km NW of Palo Cedro, 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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