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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

4 km SSE of Taylorsville, California

· 7.4 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 5 kmSierra County 57 kmLassen County 77 kmButte County 79 kmNevada County 82 kmYuba County 96 kmPlacer County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 5 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2831 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 7.6 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 40.0348, -120.8145. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 5 km (3 mi) N of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Lassen County, CA 77 km (48 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Butte County, CA 79 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Nevada County, CA 82 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Yuba County, CA 96 km (60 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

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

  1. 2.6 13km W of La Porte, CA
  2. 1.9 5km WSW of Greenville, CA
  3. 1.5 3 km N of Indian Falls, California
  4. 2.4 3km ESE of Janesville, CA
  5. 1.9 4km SSE of Johnsville, CA
  6. 1.5 4km S of East Shore, CA
  7. 2.1 12km WSW of La Porte, CA
  8. 2.3 11km NE of Cromberg, CA
  9. 1.8 1km WNW of Little Grass Valley, CA
  10. 2.2 12km W of La Porte, CA
  11. 1.8 13km W of La Porte, CA
  12. 1.8 6km WSW of Belden, CA
  13. 1.9 12km W of La Porte, CA
  14. 2.3 2km ESE of Johnsville, CA
  15. 1.7 16km WSW 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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