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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

15 km NW of Laytonville, CA

· -0.4 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 42 kmTrinity County 103 kmGlenn County 104 kmHumboldt County 105 kmLake County 106 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mendocino County, 42 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1026 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 39.7933, -123.5955. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Trinity County, CA 103 km (64 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Glenn County, CA 104 km (65 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Humboldt County, CA 105 km (65 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Humboldt County
Lake County, CA 106 km (66 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Tehama County, CA 122 km (76 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Tehama County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 10 km SE of Redway, CA
  2. 1.7 4 km W of Laytonville, CA
  3. 2.1 17 km NNE of Laytonville, CA
  4. 1.6 10 km SSE of Laytonville, CA
  5. 1.6 13 km of Laytonville, CA
  6. 1.8 19 km ENE of Rockport, CA
  7. 1.8 17 km E of Fort Bragg, CA
  8. 2.1 13 km W of Brooktrails, CA
  9. 2.4 13 km ESE of Redway, CA
  10. 2.1 12 km ESE of Redway, CA
  11. 1.6 12 km ESE of Redway, CA
  12. 2.4 12 km ESE of Redway, CA
  13. 1.8 12 km N of Brooktrails, CA
  14. 1.7 3 km NW of Redway, CA
  15. 1.8 14 km NW of Brooktrails, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2017-12-14 — it released about 3,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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