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M 1.9ml

6 km SW of Cromberg, California

· 12 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 21 kmSierra County 33 kmNevada County 58 kmButte County 75 kmYuba County 80 kmPlacer County 84 kmLassen County 101 kmStorey County 112 kmCarson City 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 21 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1103 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 39.8151, -120.7435. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 21 km (13 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 33 km (20 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 58 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Butte County, CA 75 km (47 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Yuba County, CA 80 km (49 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Placer County, CA 84 km (52 mi) N of here earthquakes near Placer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.4 4 km ENE of East Quincy, CA
  2. 2.0 4 km SW of Whitehawk, California
  3. 2.3 2 km ENE of Canyondam, CA
  4. 2.2 9 km SE of Meadow Valley, CA
  5. 1.6 Northern California
  6. 1.9 6 km S of Sierraville, California
  7. 1.8 6 km S of Sierraville, California
  8. 2.1 1 km E of Canyondam, CA
  9. 2.3 1 km E of Johnsville, CA
  10. 1.8 6 km WSW of Greenville, California
  11. 3.4 6 km SW of Canyondam, CA
  12. 2.2 8 km S of Spring Garden, CA
  13. 2.0 2 km SW of Canyondam, CA
  14. 2.2 0 km ESE of Clio, CA
  15. 1.6 0 km N of Whitehawk, 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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