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M 2.9md
Earthquake near Weaverville, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Weaverville in the 24 hours to 11:43 pm PST (07:43 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 65 km (40 mi) WSW, at 2:44 pm PDT on 7 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 15 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Weaverville
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Weaverville, CA, at 2:58 pm PDT on 10 June 2024 (21:58 UTC), 36 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 31 km E of Willow Creek, CA
- When
- 2:58 pm PDT on 10 June 2024 ()
- Where
- 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Weaverville, CA · earthquakes near Weaverville
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (md)
- Depth
- 36 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Trinity County, 41 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 811 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Weaverville, 40 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 720 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 21,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 720 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 lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.6 15 km SW of Burnt Ranch, California · 43 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.6 26 km NNW of Willow Creek, California · 46 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.4 3 km NNW of Burnt Ranch, California · 26 km SW of this epicentre
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 40.9958, -123.2717. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity County, CA | 41 km (25 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Humboldt County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Del Norte County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Shasta County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Tehama County, CA | 131 km (81 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Tehama 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.
- 1.9 12 km WNW of Hayfork, CA
- 2.8 24 km WNW of Weaverville, CA
- 2.3 4 km NNE of Hayfork, CA
- 2.7 33 km SSE of Somes Bar, CA
- 2.4 20 km ENE of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.3 21 km E of Willow Creek, CA
- 1.9 25 km SSW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.0 10 km WSW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.4 8 km SSE of Weitchpec, CA
- 1.9 23 km SSW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.6 27 km ENE of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.8 8 km E of Willow Creek, CA
- 3.1 23 km NNW of Hayfork, CA
- 1.8 10 km SW of Willow Creek, CA
- 2.1 22 km NNW of Hayfork, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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