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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

10km NW of Burney, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 31 kmSiskiyou County 97 kmLassen County 98 kmTehama County 99 kmModoc County 113 kmTrinity County 119 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 1.5 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 31 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1495 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 40.9382, -121.7538. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 31 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Siskiyou County, CA 97 km (60 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Lassen County, CA 98 km (61 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Tehama County, CA 99 km (61 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Modoc County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Trinity County, CA 119 km (74 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Trinity County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 13 km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  2. 1.6 23 km SE of Burney, CA
  3. 2.1 17 km NNE of Bella Vista, CA
  4. 1.6 9 km NNW of Montgomery Creek, CA
  5. 1.6 8 km N of Montgomery Creek, CA
  6. 2.3 17 km NW of Fall River Mills, CA
  7. 1.7 11 km WNW of Big Bend, CA
  8. 1.9 15 km SSE of Round Mountain, CA
  9. 2.8 25 km SE of Burney, CA
  10. 2.3 17 km NW of Fall River Mills, CA
  11. 2.3 16 km NW of Fall River Mills, CA
  12. 2.3 18 km NW of Fall River Mills, CA
  13. 1.6 8km NNW of Bella Vista, CA
  14. 1.6 9km NNW of Bella Vista, CA
  15. 2.6 15km SSE 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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