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M 2.9md
Earthquake near Redway, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Redway in the 24 hours to 5:50 am PST (13:50 UTC). The last one was M 5.0, 153 km (95 mi) WNW, at 8:56 pm PST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 145 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Redway
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) north of Redway, CA, at 1:05 am PST on 6 December 2024 (09:05 UTC), 29 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 17 km N of Redway, CA
- When
- 1:05 am PST on 6 December 2024 ()
- Where
- 17 km (11 mi) north of Redway, CA · earthquakes near Redway
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (md)
- Depth
- 29 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Humboldt County, 49 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Little Salmon fault, 22 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 706 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Redway, 17 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 590 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 26,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 590 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 6.2 on 2021-12-20 — about 100,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 18 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.2 The 1992 Petrolia, California Earthquake · 34 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Rio Dell, California · 40 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 31 km NW of Shelter Cove, California · 41 km W of this epicentre
- 6.0 30 km SSW of Scotia, California · 38 km W of this epicentre
- 5.6 20 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 49 km WNW 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 40.2733, -123.8382. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County, CA | 49 km (30 mi) | N | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Trinity County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 31 km E of Redway, CA
- 2.6 31 km W of Hayfork, CA
- 3.1 7 km SW of Fortuna, CA
- 2.3 7 km SW of Fortuna, CA
- 2.4 19 km ENE of Rockport, CA
- 2.1 19 km ENE of Rockport, CA
- 1.9 19 km ENE of Rockport, CA
- 2.1 25 km NNE of Redway, CA
- 1.8 1 km NNW of Redway, CA
- 1.7 18 km SSE of Petrolia, CA
- 1.6 10 km WSW of Petrolia, CA
- 1.5 7 km WNW of Redway, CA
- 1.9 4 km NW of Redway, CA
- 1.7 20 km ENE of Rockport, CA
- 2.0 20 km ENE of Rockport, 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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