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M 2.1md

3km N of Canyondam, CA

· 6.5 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 31 kmLassen County 70 kmButte County 74 kmSierra County 83 kmTehama County 98 kmNevada County 103 kmShasta County 103 kmYuba County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 31 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1528 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 40.1932, -121.0793. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 31 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 70 km (43 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Butte County, CA 74 km (46 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sierra County, CA 83 km (52 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Tehama County, CA 98 km (61 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Nevada County, CA 103 km (64 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 14km NE of Mineral, CA
  2. 1.9 4km W of Mineral, CA
  3. 1.5 4 km W of Greenville, California
  4. 1.7 7 km S of Canyondam, California
  5. 1.6 Northern California
  6. 1.7 13 km NNW of Belden, California
  7. 1.9 17km S of Mineral, CA
  8. 1.6 1 km NNE of Paxton, California
  9. 1.9 14km WSW of Chester, CA
  10. 1.5 2 km WSW of Canyondam, California
  11. 1.5 1 km WNW of Keddie, California
  12. 1.7 1 km W of Keddie, California
  13. 1.6 0 km E of Paxton, California
  14. 2.8 3km N of Greenhorn, CA
  15. 1.8 2 km SSE of Canyondam, California

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.

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