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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

11 km N of Susanville, CA

· 4.5 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lassen County 22 kmPlumas County 60 kmWashoe County 87 kmSierra County 105 kmModoc County 120 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lassen County, 22 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 619 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 40.5163, -120.6495. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lassen County, CA 22 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA 60 km (37 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Washoe County, NV 87 km (54 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Sierra County, CA 105 km (65 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Modoc County, CA 120 km (74 mi) S of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Shasta County, CA 121 km (75 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Shasta County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 4.7 15 km NNW of Susanville, CA
  2. 1.5 36 km N of Chester, CA
  3. 2.1 27 km of Susanville, CA
  4. 2.0 12 km NE of Johnstonville, CA
  5. 2.6 11 km of Honey Lake, CA
  6. 2.5 5 km NNW of Hamilton Branch, CA
  7. 2.7 10 km NNE of Susanville, CA
  8. 1.9 10 km NNE of Susanville, CA
  9. 3.0 10 km NNE of Susanville, 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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