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M 2.3md

9km WSW of Shingletown, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 33 kmTehama County 43 kmButte County 95 kmTrinity County 97 kmGlenn County 103 kmPlumas County 112 kmLassen County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 33 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1739 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 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 40.4693, -121.9900. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 33 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 43 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Butte County, CA 95 km (59 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Trinity County, CA 97 km (60 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Glenn County, CA 103 km (64 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 112 km (70 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

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

  1. 2.5 14km ENE of Red Bluff, CA
  2. 1.6 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  3. 1.5 18km ESE of Anderson, CA
  4. 2.6 12km W of Shingletown, CA
  5. 1.8 6km SW of Shasta Lake, CA
  6. 1.9 17km WSW of Manton, CA
  7. 1.7 13km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  8. 1.6 8km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  9. 1.9 13km ESE of Viola, CA
  10. 1.7 4km SW of Millville, CA
  11. 1.6 15km E of Viola, CA
  12. 1.8 4km NNE of Viola, CA
  13. 1.8 24km S of Manton, CA
  14. 1.6 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  15. 1.6 16km SSE of Manton, 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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