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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

4km S of Canyondam, CA

· 4.0 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 26 kmButte County 70 kmLassen County 75 kmSierra County 78 kmNevada County 97 kmTehama County 99 kmYuba County 99 kmShasta County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
4.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 26 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1918 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 40.1383, -121.0698. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 70 km (43 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Lassen County, CA 75 km (46 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Sierra County, CA 78 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 97 km (60 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Tehama County, CA 99 km (61 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 3km S of Canyondam, CA
  2. 1.7 2 km SW of Canyondam, California
  3. 2.1 4km NNW of Canyondam, CA
  4. 1.8 5km E of Chester, CA
  5. 1.7 4km ESE of Chester, CA
  6. 2.3 24km NNE of Forest Ranch, CA
  7. 2.2 8km W of Chester, CA
  8. 2.9 12km SE of Mineral, CA
  9. 2.5 3km E of Prattville, CA
  10. 2.3 3km ENE of Prattville, CA
  11. 2.4 21km SSE of Mineral, CA
  12. 1.6 2km E of Prattville, CA
  13. 2.8 2km ENE of Prattville, CA
  14. 2.5 2km ENE of Prattville, CA
  15. 1.5 3 km SSE of Greenhorn, California

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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