Earthquake near Shingletown, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Shingletown in the 24 hours to 2:38 am PST (10:38 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 170 km (106 mi) SW, at 8:10 am PDT on 24 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 5,311 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Shingletown

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 15 km (10 mi) east-northeast of Shingletown, CA, at 2:14 am PST on 19 January 2024 (10:14 UTC), 6.8 km deep.

USGS: 5 km NW of Viola, CA

88 km (55 mi) N of Chico, CA · 55 km (34 mi) E of Redding, CA

2:14 am PST, Jan 19, 2024 · 2024-01-19 10:14 UTC · 6.8 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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When: 2:14 am PST on 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19 10:14 UTC)
Where: 15 km (10 mi) east-northeast of Shingletown, CA · earthquakes near Shingletown
Magnitude: M 1.7 (md)
Depth: 6.8 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Shasta County, 36 km NW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1027 days ago · we first saw it 1027 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Shingletown, 15 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 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 5.0 on 2023-09-08 — about 92,000 times the energy of this one.

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

5.5 15 km NE of Mineral, California · 24 km ESE of this epicentre Mar 20, 1950

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Shasta County, CA	36 km (22 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA	64 km (40 mi)	SW	earthquakes near Tehama County
Lassen County, CA	95 km (59 mi)	ENE	earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA	98 km (61 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA	99 km (61 mi)	S	earthquakes near Butte County
Trinity County, CA	118 km (73 mi)	W	earthquakes near Trinity County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 10:38 UTC. 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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