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M 2.6md
Earthquake near Alturas, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Alturas in the 24 hours to 8:04 am PST (16:04 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 272 km (169 mi) SSE, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Alturas
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) east-northeast of Alturas, CA, at 12:53 pm PDT on 29 April 2022 (19:53 UTC), 1.2 km deep.
USGS: 18km NNE of Cedarville, CA
- When
- 12:53 pm PDT on 29 April 2022 ()
- Where
- 44 km (27 mi) east-northeast of Alturas, CA · earthquakes near Alturas
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 1.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Modoc County, 53 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Lake City fault, 7 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1593 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Alturas, 44 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2016-01-03 — about 170 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 12 km SE of Eagleville, California · 49 km S 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 41.6835, -120.0893. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modoc County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | W | earthquakes near Modoc County |
| Washoe County, NV | 112 km (69 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Washoe County |
| Lassen County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lassen County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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