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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

30km WNW of Weaverville, CA

· 29 km deep · released about 570 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Trinity County 24 kmHumboldt County 56 kmShasta County 104 kmSiskiyou County 105 kmTehama County 118 kmDel Norte County 118 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 2.9 (md)
Depth
29 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Trinity County, 24 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1513 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 570 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 27,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 570 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 40.8240, -123.2800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Trinity County, CA 24 km (15 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Humboldt County, CA 56 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Humboldt County
Shasta County, CA 104 km (65 mi) W of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Siskiyou County, CA 105 km (66 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Tehama County, CA 118 km (73 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Del Norte County, CA 118 km (74 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Del Norte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 30 km W of Hayfork, CA
  2. 2.7 33 km ENE of Willow Creek, CA
  3. 3.2 35 km S of Willow Creek, CA
  4. 2.1 14 km N of Hayfork, CA
  5. 1.6 31 km W of Hayfork, CA
  6. 2.4 33 km W of Hayfork, CA
  7. 1.9 17 km SE of Willow Creek, CA
  8. 3.2 28 km S of Willow Creek, CA
  9. 2.2 32 km ENE of Willow Creek, CA
  10. 2.1 30 km WNW of Hayfork, CA
  11. 2.3 17 km NE of Willow Creek, CA
  12. 2.1 18 km WNW of Willow Creek, CA
  13. 2.4 14 km SE of Weitchpec, CA
  14. 1.8 33 km WSW of Hayfork, CA
  15. 2.0 13 km SSE of Willow Creek, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2016-08-28 — it released about 290 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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