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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Bella Vista, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Bella Vista in the 24 hours to 3:42 pm PST (23:42 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 124 km (77 mi) WSW, at 3:21 pm PDT on 5 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bella Vista

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded in Bella Vista, CA, at 12:06 pm PDT on 22 June 2023 (19:06 UTC), 17 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1km ESE of Bella Vista, CA

14 km (9 mi) ENE of Redding, CA · 104 km (64 mi) NNW of Chico, CA

12:06 pm PDT, Jun 22, 2023 · · 17 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 20 kmTehama County 57 kmTrinity County 75 kmSiskiyou County 109 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
12:06 pm PDT on 22 June 2023 ()
Where
in Bella Vista, CA · earthquakes near Bella Vista
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Shasta County, 20 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1174 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Shasta Lake 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 7km NW of Redding, CA · 16 km W of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 40.6377, -122.2203. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Shasta County, CA 20 km (13 mi) NE earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 57 km (35 mi) S earthquakes near Tehama County
Trinity County, CA 75 km (47 mi) W earthquakes near Trinity County
Siskiyou County, CA 109 km (68 mi) NNW earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Glenn County, CA 116 km (72 mi) S earthquakes near Glenn County
Butte County, CA 120 km (75 mi) SSE earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 16 km N of Viola, CA
  2. 1.9 15 km N of Viola, CA
  3. 2.6 15 km N of Viola, CA
  4. 1.6 14 km SSE of Millville, CA
  5. 1.7 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  6. 1.7 5 km NW of Viola, CA
  7. 1.7 17 km N of Viola, CA
  8. 2.1 15 km N of Viola, CA
  9. 1.8 20 km N of Bella Vista, CA
  10. 1.7 4 km W of Round Mountain, CA
  11. 1.9 3 km S of Shasta Lake, CA
  12. 1.9 10 km SW of Manton, CA
  13. 1.7 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  14. 2.6 14 km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  15. 1.9 14 km NNE of Shingletown, 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.

On USGS

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