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M 1.5ml

6 km SW of Canyondam, California

· 14 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 29 kmButte County 66 kmLassen County 78 kmSierra County 79 kmTehama County 95 kmNevada County 97 kmYuba County 97 kmShasta County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 29 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3006 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 40.1275, -121.1160. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 29 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Butte County, CA 66 km (41 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Lassen County, CA 78 km (48 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Sierra County, CA 79 km (49 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Tehama County, CA 95 km (59 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama County
Nevada County, CA 97 km (60 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4km NNE of Caribou, CA
  2. 1.5 9 km S of Taylorsville, California
  3. 2.1 0km ENE of Canyondam, CA
  4. 2.4 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  5. 2.2 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  6. 1.8 6km SSE of Taylorsville, CA
  7. 2.4 5km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  8. 1.8 8km NNE of East Quincy, CA
  9. 2.0 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  10. 2.9 4km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  11. 1.6 8 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  12. 1.6 9 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  13. 2.6 6km SE of Taylorsville, CA
  14. 1.7 6 km SSE of Taylorsville, California
  15. 1.6 6 km SSE of Taylorsville, California

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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