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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

16 km W of Manton, CA

· 0.5 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tehama County 35 kmShasta County 40 kmButte County 90 kmGlenn County 94 kmTrinity County 94 kmPlumas County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
0.5 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Tehama County, 35 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 537 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 49 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 40.4037, -122.0480. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tehama County, CA 35 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Shasta County, CA 40 km (25 mi) S of here earthquakes near Shasta County
Butte County, CA 90 km (56 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Glenn County, CA 94 km (58 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Trinity County, CA 94 km (59 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Trinity County
Plumas County, CA 114 km (71 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 9 km WSW of Manton, CA
  2. 2.1 11 km SW of Manton, CA
  3. 1.8 14 km NW of Viola, CA
  4. 2.4 10 km WSW of Manton, CA
  5. 2.3 11 km WSW of Manton, CA
  6. 2.3 11 km WSW of Manton, CA
  7. 1.9 12 km WSW of Manton, CA
  8. 2.9 9 km WSW of Manton, CA
  9. 2.3 11 km WSW of Manton, CA
  10. 2.3 11 km WSW of Manton, CA
  11. 1.9 11 km WSW of Manton, CA
  12. 3.4 9 km W of Manton, CA
  13. 2.0 2 km NNE of Palo Cedro, CA
  14. 1.9 12 km S of Manton, CA
  15. 1.9 3 km WNW of Redding, 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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