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M 2.1md
Earthquake near Magalia, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Magalia in the 24 hours to 12:46 pm PST (20:46 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 150 km (93 mi) WSW, at 8:10 am PDT on 24 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 5,311 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Magalia
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 6 km (3 mi) west of Magalia, CA, at 3:05 pm PST on 11 November 2024 (23:05 UTC), 15 km deep.
USGS: 6 km W of Magalia, CA
16 km (10 mi) ENE of Chico, CA
- When
- 3:05 pm PST on 11 November 2024 ()
- Where
- 6 km (3 mi) west of Magalia, CA · earthquakes near Magalia
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Butte County, 16 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 723 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Magalia, 6 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.
Likely felt in: Paradise 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2024-04-05 — about 3,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 The 1975 Oroville, California Earthquake · 43 km S of this epicentre
- 5.2 4 km E of Palermo, California · 43 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.1 5 km ENE of Palermo, California · 42 km SSE 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 39.8070, -121.6425. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Tehama County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Yuba County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Yuba County |
| Glenn County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Plumas County, CA | 73 km (45 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Sutter County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sutter County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
24 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 1 km SSE of Belden, CA
- 2.5 15 km ENE of Willows, CA
- 2.1 11 km WSW of Durham, CA
- 1.9 2 km SSE of Hamilton City, CA
- 2.5 17 km E of Willows, CA
- 1.9 17 km E of Willows, CA
- 2.3 16 km ESE of Willows, CA
- 2.2 5 km WNW of Magalia, CA
- 1.8 8 km NNE of Oroville East, CA
- 1.7 8 km NNE of Oroville East, CA
- 1.8 19 km ESE of Willows, CA
- 2.7 14 km E of Willows, CA
- 2.1 19 km NNW of Belden, CA
- 2.0 14 km WSW of Almanor, CA
- 2.1 15 km ESE of Willows, 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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