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M 1.7ml

1 km NW of Paxton, California

· 7.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 17 kmButte County 66 kmSierra County 67 kmLassen County 81 kmNevada County 86 kmYuba County 91 kmTehama County 105 kmPlacer County 112 kmShasta County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 17 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3155 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 40.0480, -121.0054. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 17 km (10 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 66 km (41 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sierra County, CA 67 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Lassen County, CA 81 km (50 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Nevada County, CA 86 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Yuba County, CA 91 km (57 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Yuba County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 6km SW of Almanor, CA
  2. 1.7 2km NE of Almanor, CA
  3. 1.7 4km WSW of Canyondam, CA
  4. 1.6 7km ESE of East Shore, CA
  5. 2.2 2km NNE of Indian Falls, CA
  6. 1.5 6 km SW of Canyondam, California
  7. 2.2 3km SE of Belden, CA
  8. 1.5 3 km SSW of Greenville, California
  9. 1.5 8km NNW of Chester, CA
  10. 2.2 12km WNW of Lake Davis, CA
  11. 1.9 3km W of Delleker, CA
  12. 2.9 3km NNE of Almanor, CA
  13. 2.3 4km NNE of Almanor, CA
  14. 1.8 5km SSW of Cromberg, CA
  15. 2.2 16km W of Almanor, 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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