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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8md

11 km WSW of Lincoln, CA

· 22 km deep · released about 400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sutter County 35 kmSacramento County 43 kmYolo County 47 kmYuba County 49 kmPlacer County 64 kmEl Dorado County 75 kmNevada County 75 kmAmador County 77 kmSolano County 79 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
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Sutter County, 35 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 531 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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 38.8303, -121.3948. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sutter County, CA 35 km (22 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Sutter County
Sacramento County, CA 43 km (26 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sacramento County
Yolo County, CA 47 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Yuba County, CA 49 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Placer County, CA 64 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Placer County
El Dorado County, CA 75 km (46 mi) W of here earthquakes near El Dorado County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 1 km WSW of Granite Bay, CA
  2. 2.1 2 km WSW of Granite Bay, CA
  3. 2.6 2 km NW of Granite Bay, CA
  4. 2.2 9 km SSW of South Yuba City, CA
  5. 2.4 5 km NE of Dunnigan, CA
  6. 2.5 12 km WSW of Lincoln, CA
  7. 2.3 13 km NNE of Rio Linda, 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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