Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
7 km SW of Manton, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Tehama County, 38 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 745 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 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 40.3668, -121.9077. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehama County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Shasta County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Butte County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Glenn County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Plumas County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Trinity County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Trinity County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 16 km W of Manton, CA
- 2.2 19 km W of Manton, CA
- 2.3 17 km W of Manton, CA
- 1.9 16 km SSE of Anderson, CA
- 2.0 6 km N of Redding, CA
- 1.7 15 km SE of Mineral, CA
- 1.5 2 km SE of Mineral, CA
- 1.7 13 km NNE of Mineral, CA
- 1.7 9 km N of Shingletown, CA
- 1.7 15 km NW of Chester, CA
- 1.7 14 km NW of Chester, CA
- 1.8 15 km NW of Chester, CA
- 1.9 6 km WNW of Manton, CA
- 2.4 7 km ESE of Red Bluff, CA
- 2.6 6 km ESE of Red Bluff, 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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