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M 1.9md
Earthquake near Covelo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Covelo in the 24 hours to 11:58 pm PST (07:58 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) N, at 3:31 pm PST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Covelo
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) east-southeast of Covelo, CA, at 3:10 pm PDT on 3 July 2022 (22:10 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 14km WNW of Alder Springs, CA
- When
- 3:10 pm PDT on 3 July 2022 ()
- Where
- 34 km (21 mi) east-southeast of Covelo, CA · earthquakes near Covelo
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Glenn County, 42 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Bartlett Springs fault system, 8 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 1592 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Covelo, 34 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 19 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — about 68,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 39.6995, -122.8733. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 57 km (36 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 67 km (41 mi) | S | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Tehama County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Colusa County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Trinity County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | N | earthquakes near Trinity 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.
- 1.7 12km N of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.7 14km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 18km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.8 9km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 9km E of Willits, CA
- 1.8 17km NNE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.5 8km NE of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.7 12km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Brooktrails, CA
- 2.5 5km E of Covelo, CA
- 2.0 32km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA
- 1.6 5km E of Covelo, CA
- 1.8 5km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 2.8 5km E of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 7km E of Lake Pillsbury, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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