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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

16km ESE of Willow Creek, CA

· 21 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Trinity County 40 kmHumboldt County 45 kmDel Norte County 105 kmSiskiyou County 109 kmShasta County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Trinity County, 40 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1928 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 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 40.8913, -123.4572. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Trinity County, CA 40 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Humboldt County, CA 45 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Humboldt County
Del Norte County, CA 105 km (65 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Del Norte County
Siskiyou County, CA 109 km (68 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Shasta County, CA 120 km (74 mi) W of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 134 km (83 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tehama County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 14km SE of Bayside, CA
  2. 2.3 15km SE of Bayside, CA
  3. 3.6 14km SE of Bayside, CA
  4. 3.2 16km WSW of Weitchpec, CA
  5. 1.6 29km W of Hayfork, CA
  6. 2.1 17km ESE of Pine Hills, CA
  7. 3.0 12km SSW of Somes Bar, CA
  8. 2.1 22km E of Willow Creek, CA
  9. 2.6 6km NNW of Hayfork, CA
  10. 2.4 22km SE of Blue Lake, CA
  11. 2.0 10km NNW of Willow Creek, CA
  12. 2.1 30km WNW of Weaverville, CA
  13. 2.9 30km WNW of Weaverville, CA
  14. 2.1 29km E of Hydesville, CA
  15. 2.1 31km W of Hayfork, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-07-21 — it released about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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