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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Crescent City, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Crescent City in the 24 hours to 6:20 am PST (14:20 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 162 km (101 mi) WNW, at 2:55 am PDT on 6 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crescent City

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) south-southeast of Crescent City, CA, at 2:43 am PST on 17 January 2025 (10:43 UTC), 1.8 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km W of Klamath, CA

2:43 am PST, Jan 17, 2025 · · 1.8 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Del Norte County 27 kmHumboldt County 91 kmJosephine County 105 kmCurry County 106 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
2:43 am PST on 17 January 2025 ()
Where
28 km (17 mi) south-southeast of Crescent City, CA · earthquakes near Crescent City
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
1.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Del Norte County, 27 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 664 days ago

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 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Crescent City, 28 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Bertsch-Oceanview.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 4.3 on 2024-01-23 — about 1,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 7.2 The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake · 47 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 5 km NNE of Hiouchi, California · 35 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.6 26 km NNW of Willow Creek, California · 48 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 41.5202, -124.0812. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Del Norte County, CA 27 km (17 mi) NNE earthquakes near Del Norte County
Humboldt County, CA 91 km (57 mi) S earthquakes near Humboldt County
Josephine County, OR 105 km (65 mi) NNE earthquakes near Josephine County
Curry County, OR 106 km (66 mi) N earthquakes near Curry County
Trinity County, CA 126 km (79 mi) SE earthquakes near Trinity County
Jackson County, OR 153 km (95 mi) NE earthquakes near Jackson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 25 km WNW of Crescent City, California
  2. 2.4 20 km SE of Klamath, CA
  3. 2.3 4 km ENE of Trinidad, CA
  4. 1.9 12 km NE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CA
  5. 2.2 14 km NNW of Trinidad, CA
  6. 3.2 28 km NW of Trinidad, CA
  7. 2.4 14 km SSW of Crescent City, CA
  8. 2.3 17 km NNW of Trinidad, CA
  9. 2.1 12 km NE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CA
  10. 2.5 14 km SSW of Bertsch-Oceanview, CA
  11. 1.9 12 km WSW of Smith River, California
  12. 2.8 18 km SSE of Klamath, CA
  13. 2.7 13 km SSW of Bertsch-Oceanview, CA
  14. 2.6 18 km SSW of Brookings, OR

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

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