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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

3 km SE of Canyondam, California

· 8.8 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 25 kmLassen County 72 kmButte County 72 kmSierra County 78 kmNevada County 98 kmTehama County 102 kmYuba County 102 kmShasta County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 25 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2824 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 40.1523, -121.0386. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 25 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 72 km (45 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Butte County, CA 72 km (45 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sierra County, CA 78 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 98 km (61 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Tehama County, CA 102 km (63 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tehama 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. 2.3 10km ESE of Taylorsville, CA
  2. 1.7 10km WSW of Chester, CA
  3. 1.9 5km WSW of Greenville, CA
  4. 1.5 3 km N of Indian Falls, California
  5. 1.9 10km WSW of Chester, CA
  6. 2.4 3km ESE of Janesville, CA
  7. 1.5 4km S of East Shore, CA
  8. 2.3 11km NE of Cromberg, CA
  9. 1.8 1km WNW of Little Grass Valley, CA
  10. 1.8 6km WSW of Belden, CA
  11. 2.6 15km SE of Mineral, CA
  12. 1.8 15km ENE of Mineral, CA
  13. 2.1 16km NW of Chester, CA
  14. 1.9 9km SSE of Mineral, 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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