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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

5km NNE of Shasta, CA

· 9.9 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 39 kmTrinity County 54 kmTehama County 61 kmSiskiyou County 105 kmGlenn County 116 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 1.8 (md)
Depth
9.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 39 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1467 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 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 40.6442, -122.4792. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Trinity County, CA 54 km (33 mi) E of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Tehama County, CA 61 km (38 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Siskiyou County, CA 105 km (65 mi) S of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Glenn County, CA 116 km (72 mi) N of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Butte County, CA 132 km (82 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Butte 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 19 km SW of Shasta, CA
  2. 2.1 19 km SW of Shasta, CA
  3. 2.0 9 km ENE of French Gulch, CA
  4. 2.0 10 km ENE of French Gulch, CA
  5. 1.5 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  6. 2.6 15 km SE of Anderson, CA
  7. 1.6 3 km SE of Bella Vista, CA
  8. 1.7 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  9. 1.5 13 km WSW of Shingletown, CA
  10. 2.4 10 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  11. 1.6 8km NNW of Bella Vista, CA
  12. 2.2 3km ESE of Bella Vista, CA
  13. 2.8 18km W of Manton, CA
  14. 2.5 1km ESE of Bella Vista, CA
  15. 1.6 9km NNW of Bella Vista, 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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