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M 1.7md

10 km NW of Shingletown, CA

· 9.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shasta County 24 kmTehama County 51 kmTrinity County 96 kmButte County 103 kmGlenn County 111 kmPlumas County 116 kmLassen County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
9.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shasta County, 24 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 746 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 40.5467, -121.9833. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shasta County, CA 24 km (15 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Tehama County, CA 51 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Trinity County, CA 96 km (60 mi) E of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Butte County, CA 103 km (64 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 111 km (69 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Plumas County, CA 116 km (72 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 21 km SSE of Burney, CA
  2. 1.7 9 km N of Shingletown, CA
  3. 1.9 6 km WNW of Manton, CA
  4. 1.7 9 km NE of Shasta Lake, CA
  5. 2.4 7 km ESE of Red Bluff, CA
  6. 2.6 6 km ESE of Red Bluff, CA
  7. 1.7 12 km W of Mineral, CA
  8. 1.8 12 km W of Mineral, CA
  9. 2.7 12 km E of Red Bluff, CA
  10. 1.7 30 km SW of Mineral, CA
  11. 2.6 15 km WNW of Round Mountain, CA
  12. 1.6 13 km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  13. 2.8 13 km NE of Shingletown, CA
  14. 3.3 13 km NNE of Shingletown, CA
  15. 2.5 9 km SSE of Mineral, 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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