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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

9 km ENE of French Gulch, CA

· 16 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 41 kmTrinity County 50 kmTehama County 72 kmSiskiyou County 95 kmHumboldt County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 41 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1132 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 36 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 40.7365, -122.5330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 41 km (26 mi) W of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Trinity County, CA 50 km (31 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Tehama County, CA 72 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Siskiyou County, CA 95 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Humboldt County, CA 117 km (73 mi) E of here earthquakes near Humboldt County
Butte County, CA 143 km (89 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km NNW of Bella Vista, CA
  2. 1.9 1 km ENE of Palo Cedro, CA
  3. 1.8 1 km E of Palo Cedro, CA
  4. 1.8 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  5. 2.4 4 km WNW of Shasta Lake, CA
  6. 2.0 1 km NE of Bella Vista, CA
  7. 1.6 6 km SE of Bella Vista, CA
  8. 2.0 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  9. 1.7 12 km ESE of Anderson, CA
  10. 1.8 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  11. 1.6 15 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  12. 1.7 6 km NNW of Shasta Lake, CA
  13. 1.5 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  14. 1.6 12 km ESE of Millville, CA
  15. 1.9 3 km NW of Shasta Lake, 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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