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M 2.4md

8 km SSW of Tennant, CA

· -0.3 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Siskiyou County 50 kmShasta County 84 kmModoc County 102 kmJackson County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Siskiyou County, 50 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 631 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 41.5147, -121.9395. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Siskiyou County, CA 50 km (31 mi) E of here earthquakes near Siskiyou County
Shasta County, CA 84 km (52 mi) N of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Modoc County, CA 102 km (63 mi) W of here earthquakes near Modoc County
Jackson County, OR 117 km (73 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Trinity County, CA 138 km (86 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Lassen County, CA 142 km (88 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lassen County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 13 km SSW of Tennant, CA
  2. 1.7 21 km NE of Big Bend, CA
  3. 1.8 14 km NNE of McCloud, CA
  4. 1.6 12 km N of McCloud, CA
  5. 2.1 13 km N of McCloud, CA
  6. 1.6 25 km NW of McArthur, CA
  7. 1.7 13 km NNE of McCloud, CA
  8. 1.9 3 km WNW of Mount Shasta, CA
  9. 1.8 31 km E of Tennant, CA
  10. 1.8 15 km NW of Big Bend, CA
  11. 1.9 24 km E of Tennant, CA
  12. 2.1 13 km SSE of Tennant, CA
  13. 1.8 14 km NNE of McCloud, CA
  14. 2.0 13 km SSE of Tennant, CA
  15. 1.9 13 km SSE of Tennant, 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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