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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

22km SE of Burney, CA

· 3.1 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 45 kmLassen County 75 kmTehama County 90 kmPlumas County 100 kmModoc County 117 kmButte County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
3.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 45 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1525 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 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 40.7248, -121.5108. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 45 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Lassen County, CA 75 km (47 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Tehama County, CA 90 km (56 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Plumas County, CA 100 km (62 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Modoc County, CA 117 km (73 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Butte County, CA 118 km (73 mi) N of here earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 18 km NW of Fall River Mills, CA
  2. 1.8 37 km N of Chester, CA
  3. 2.0 37km SE of Fall River Mills, CA
  4. 2.6 15km SSE of Round Mountain, CA
  5. 1.8 14km NE of Mineral, CA
  6. 1.9 4km W of Mineral, CA
  7. 1.8 5km NNE of Montgomery Creek, CA
  8. 1.8 18km SSE of Round Mountain, CA
  9. 2.1 8km ENE of Montgomery Creek, CA
  10. 2.3 21km SSE of Burney, CA
  11. 1.8 18km NW of Viola, CA
  12. 1.6 12km WNW of Burney, CA
  13. 1.9 10km NW of Burney, CA
  14. 1.5 12km NW of Burney, CA
  15. 1.6 8km SW of Round Mountain, 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.

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