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M 2.5md
Earthquake near McKinleyville, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in McKinleyville in the 24 hours to 11:37 pm PST (07:37 UTC). The last one was M 5.0, 139 km (86 mi) WSW, at 8:56 pm PST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 145 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near McKinleyville
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) north of McKinleyville, CA, at 12:14 am PDT on 8 July 2023 (07:14 UTC), 33 km deep.
USGS: 22km S of Klamath, CA
- When
- 12:14 am PDT on 8 July 2023 ()
- Where
- 44 km (27 mi) north of McKinleyville, CA · earthquakes near McKinleyville
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 33 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Del Norte County, 46 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Bald Mountain-Big Lagoon fault, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1159 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In McKinleyville, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 190 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 80,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 57,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2023-01-20 — about 390 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 7.2 The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake · 31 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.6 26 km NNW of Willow Creek, California · 30 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km SSE of McKinleyville, California · 47 km S of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km NE of Fieldbrook, California · 38 km S of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km NE of Fieldbrook, California · 38 km S 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 41.3407, -124.0335. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte County, CA | 46 km (28 mi) | N | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Humboldt County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | S | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Trinity County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Josephine County, OR | 122 km (76 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Josephine County |
| Jackson County, OR | 164 km (102 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Jackson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 10 km NNW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.4 20 km SE of Klamath, CA
- 1.6 11 km NE of Blue Lake, CA
- 2.3 4 km ENE of Trinidad, CA
- 2.3 13 km E of Weitchpec, CA
- 1.9 12 km NE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CA
- 2.4 38 km WNW of Trinidad, CA
- 2.2 14 km NNW of Trinidad, CA
- 3.2 28 km NW of Trinidad, CA
- 2.4 8 km SSE of Weitchpec, CA
- 1.8 8 km ESE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CA
- 3.2 4 km NNE of Blue Lake, CA
- 2.1 6 km NW of Somes Bar, CA
- 2.0 14 km WNW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.4 14 km SSW of Crescent City, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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