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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Shingletown, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Shingletown in the 24 hours to 5:01 am PST (13:01 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 170 km (106 mi) SW, at 8:10 am PDT on 24 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 5,311 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Shingletown

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) west of Shingletown, CA, at 12:36 pm PDT on 13 June 2022 (19:36 UTC), 9.4 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 12km W of Shingletown, CA

82 km (51 mi) NNW of Chico, CA · 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Redding, CA

12:36 pm PDT, Jun 13, 2022 · · 9.4 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 31 kmTehama County 43 kmTrinity County 94 kmButte County 97 kmGlenn County 102 kmPlumas County 115 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
12:36 pm PDT on 13 June 2022 ()
Where
12 km (7 mi) west of Shingletown, CA · earthquakes near Shingletown
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Shasta County, 31 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1454 days ago

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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Shingletown, 12 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.

Likely felt in: Shingletown 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 68,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.5 15 km NE of Mineral, California · 47 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 7km NW of Redding, CA · 37 km WNW 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 40.4780, -122.0265. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Shasta County, CA 31 km (20 mi) N earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 43 km (27 mi) SSW earthquakes near Tehama County
Trinity County, CA 94 km (58 mi) WNW earthquakes near Trinity County
Butte County, CA 97 km (60 mi) SSE earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 102 km (64 mi) SSW earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 115 km (72 mi) ESE earthquakes near Plumas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6km W of Bella Vista, CA
  2. 1.9 12km S of Manton, CA
  3. 2.4 17km SE of Anderson, CA
  4. 2.1 5km ENE of Shasta, CA
  5. 1.8 5km ENE of Shasta, CA
  6. 1.8 4km SE of Redding, CA
  7. 1.8 18km NW of Viola, CA
  8. 2.3 25km WNW of Red Bluff, CA
  9. 2.0 13km ESE of Millville, CA
  10. 1.9 10km SSW of Manton, CA
  11. 1.5 2km NNE of Palo Cedro, CA
  12. 1.8 10km W of Manton, CA
  13. 1.6 8km SW of Round Mountain, CA
  14. 1.6 3km SSW of Shasta Lake, CA
  15. 1.8 5km WNW of Palo Cedro, 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

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