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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Hayfork, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Hayfork in the 24 hours to 12:48 am PST (08:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 42 km (26 mi) W, at 2:44 pm PDT on 7 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 15 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Hayfork
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) south of Hayfork, CA, at 7:18 am PST on 13 December 2025 (15:18 UTC), 9.1 km deep.
USGS: 18 km S of Hayfork, CA
- When
- 7:18 am PST on 13 December 2025 ()
- Where
- 18 km (11 mi) south of Hayfork, CA · earthquakes near Hayfork
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 9.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Trinity County, 29 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 322 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 Hayfork, 18 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 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 4.5 on 2016-08-28 — about 13,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 33 km NW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, California · 46 km ESE 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 40.3930, -123.1910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Humboldt County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Tehama County, CA | 87 km (54 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Shasta County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Glenn County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.7 36 km E of Hydesville, CA
- 1.7 29 km WSW of Hayfork, CA
- 2.7 32 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 2.6 32 km NW of Covelo, CA
- 1.6 41 km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA
- 3.2 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 2.2 30 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 1.5 29 km NW of Covelo, CA
- 1.8 30 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 4.4 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 3.9 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 1.5 31 km NW of Covelo, CA
- 4.0 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA
- 1.9 29 km NE of Redway, CA
- 2.1 34 km NE of Redway, 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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