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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

0 km E of Paxton, California

· 16 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 15 kmSierra County 65 kmButte County 67 kmLassen County 81 kmNevada County 84 kmYuba County 91 kmTehama County 106 kmPlacer County 111 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 15 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1342 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 40.0374, -120.9869. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 15 km (9 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 65 km (40 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Butte County, CA 67 km (42 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Lassen County, CA 81 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Nevada County, CA 84 km (52 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Yuba County, CA 91 km (56 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

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

  1. 2.7 3km ESE of Prattville, CA
  2. 2.2 2km NNE of Prattville, CA
  3. 1.9 4km NNE of Almanor, CA
  4. 2.4 4km S of East Shore, CA
  5. 2.2 3km NE of Prattville, CA
  6. 2.2 4km ENE of Prattville, CA
  7. 2.2 4km N of Canyondam, CA
  8. 2.4 3km NNW of Canyondam, CA
  9. 2.0 3km ESE of Prattville, CA
  10. 2.5 4km NW of Canyondam, CA
  11. 5.2 4km NW of Canyondam, CA
  12. 2.4 2km NNE of Almanor, CA
  13. 2.5 2km NNE of Almanor, CA
  14. 3.0 4km NW of Canyondam, CA
  15. 2.4 4km ESE of Prattville, 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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