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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

13km S of Manton, CA

· 6.5 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 36 kmShasta County 52 kmButte County 75 kmGlenn County 90 kmPlumas County 96 kmTrinity County 111 kmLassen 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tehama County, 36 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1183 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 40.3065, -121.8800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 52 km (33 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Butte County, CA 75 km (47 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 90 km (56 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 96 km (60 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Trinity County, CA 111 km (69 mi) ESE 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. 1.7 17 km N of Viola, CA
  2. 2.1 15 km N of Viola, CA
  3. 2.3 14 km NW of Belden, CA
  4. 2.1 11 km SE of Mineral, CA
  5. 1.7 15 km NNE of Mineral, CA
  6. 1.9 10 km SW of Manton, CA
  7. 2.1 19 km S of Mineral, CA
  8. 1.6 14 km WSW of Chester, CA
  9. 2.6 14 km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  10. 1.9 14 km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  11. 1.5 6 km N of Millville, CA
  12. 1.8 15 km WSW of Chester, CA
  13. 1.6 24 km SSE of Mineral, CA
  14. 1.6 3 km WSW of Bella Vista, CA
  15. 1.7 18 km S of Mineral, 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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