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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Burney, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Burney in the 24 hours to 2:52 am PST (10:52 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 11 km (7 mi) ESE, at 3:08 am PDT on 17 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Burney
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) north of Burney, CA, at 7:01 pm PDT on 31 July 2026 (02:01 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
USGS: 25 km NW of McArthur, CA
- When
- 7:01 pm PDT on 31 July 2026 ()
- Where
- 40 km (25 mi) north of Burney, CA · earthquakes near Burney
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Shasta County, 66 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mayfield fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 93 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 Burney, 40 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 5.0 on 2023-09-08 — about 100,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 41.2328, -121.5740. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Shasta County |
| Modoc County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Modoc County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Lassen County, CA | 99 km (61 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Lassen County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 13 km SSW of Tennant, CA
- 1.7 21 km NE of Big Bend, CA
- 1.8 14 km NNE of McCloud, CA
- 1.6 12 km N of McCloud, CA
- 1.6 7 km NNE of Burney, CA
- 2.1 13 km N of McCloud, 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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