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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Shasta Lake, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Shasta Lake in the 24 hours to 12:00 am PST (08:00 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 117 km (73 mi) SW, at 3:21 pm PDT on 5 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Shasta Lake
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Shasta Lake, CA, at 7:06 am PDT on 29 March 2022 (14:06 UTC), 21 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 11km NW of Shasta Lake, CA
21 km (13 mi) NNW of Redding, CA · 122 km (76 mi) NNW of Chico, CA
- When
- 7:06 am PDT on 29 March 2022 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Shasta Lake, CA · earthquakes near Shasta Lake
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Shasta County, 36 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1689 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Shasta Lake, 11 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Shasta, Redding, Bella Vista, Palo Cedro, Lewiston.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.1 7km NW of Redding, CA · 13 km SSE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 40.7377, -122.4753. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta County, CA | 36 km (23 mi) | E | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Trinity County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | W | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Tehama County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | N | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Butte County, CA | 140 km (87 mi) | SSE | 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.
- 1.7 4km ESE of Redding, CA
- 1.7 6km W of Bella Vista, CA
- 2.1 24km N of Shasta Lake, CA
- 2.1 5km ENE of Shasta, CA
- 1.8 5km ENE of Shasta, CA
- 1.8 4km SE of Redding, CA
- 2.0 13km ESE of Millville, CA
- 1.5 2km NNE of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.6 8km SW of Round Mountain, CA
- 1.6 3km SSW of Shasta Lake, CA
- 1.8 5km WNW of Palo Cedro, CA
- 1.6 4km ESE of Bella Vista, CA
- 1.8 10km W of Big Bend, CA
- 2.2 17km S of Weaverville, CA
- 1.9 5km ENE of Shasta, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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