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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Lincoln, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lincoln in the 24 hours to 2:42 pm PST (22:42 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 175 km (109 mi) WNW, at 8:10 am PDT on 24 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 5,311 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lincoln
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) southwest of Lincoln, CA, at 4:01 am PDT on 9 June 2024 (11:01 UTC), 21 km deep. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 12 km WSW of Lincoln, CA
30 km (18 mi) NNE of Sacramento, CA · 9 km (6 mi) NW of Roseville, CA
- When
- 4:01 am PDT on 9 June 2024 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) southwest of Lincoln, CA · earthquakes near Lincoln
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Sutter County, 35 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Foothills fault system, 25 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 818 days ago
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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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Lincoln, 12 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Roseville, Elverta, Antelope, Rocklin, Rio Linda, North Highlands.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 160 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 95,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 68,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 38.8280, -121.3987. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter County, CA | 35 km (22 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Sutter County |
| Sacramento County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sacramento County |
| Yolo County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Yuba County, CA | 49 km (31 mi) | N | earthquakes near Yuba County |
| Placer County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Placer County |
| El Dorado County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | E | earthquakes near El Dorado County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 1 km WSW of Granite Bay, CA
- 2.1 2 km WSW of Granite Bay, CA
- 2.6 2 km NW of Granite Bay, CA
- 2.2 9 km SSW of South Yuba City, CA
- 2.4 5 km NE of Dunnigan, 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
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- 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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