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M 1.9md

11km NW of Shasta Lake, CA

· 20 km deep · released about 20 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 36 kmTrinity County 55 kmTehama County 71 kmSiskiyou County 95 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 1.9 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 36 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1677 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 20 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 760,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 540,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 48× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 40.7360, -122.4738. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 36 km (23 mi) W of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Trinity County, CA 55 km (34 mi) E of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Tehama County, CA 71 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Siskiyou County, CA 95 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Butte County, CA 140 km (87 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 17km S of Weaverville, CA
  2. 1.9 5km ENE of Shasta, CA
  3. 1.6 1km NNE of Bella Vista, CA
  4. 1.7 2km NW of Bella Vista, CA
  5. 1.7 11km NW of Shasta Lake, CA
  6. 1.6 2km N of Bella Vista, CA
  7. 1.6 18km NNE of Bella Vista, CA
  8. 2.2 18km NNE of Bella Vista, CA
  9. 1.8 5km NNE of Shasta, CA
  10. 1.6 8km NNW of Bella Vista, CA
  11. 1.6 9km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  12. 1.7 11km SE of Millville, CA
  13. 1.9 11km NNE of Lewiston, CA
  14. 1.8 7km NNW of Bella Vista, CA
  15. 1.8 8km NNW of Bella Vista, 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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