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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

13 km NE of Lake Davis, California

· 8.4 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 38 kmSierra County 45 kmNevada County 82 kmLassen County 86 kmStorey County 94 kmWashoe County 104 kmPlacer County 105 kmCarson City 106 kmButte County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 38 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1008 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 39.9678, -120.3802. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 38 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 45 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 82 km (51 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Lassen County, CA 86 km (53 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Storey County, NV 94 km (58 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Washoe County, NV 104 km (65 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Washoe County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 5 km NW of Johnsville, CA
  2. 2.1 5 km SSW of Cromberg, CA
  3. 2.5 21 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  4. 2.4 12 km SSW of Johnsville, CA
  5. 2.1 17 km SE of Honey Lake, CA
  6. 2.7 9 km WNW of Lake Davis, CA
  7. 1.8 11 km N of Lake Davis, CA
  8. 2.1 2 km SSW of Plumas Eureka, CA
  9. 1.6 5 km E of East Quincy, California
  10. 2.1 8 km NE of Cromberg, CA
  11. 1.5 2 km E of Portola, California
  12. 2.6 3 km NW of Cold Springs, NV
  13. 2.4 20 km SSW of Loyalton, CA
  14. 2.3 5 km WSW of Johnsville, CA
  15. 2.2 11 km NE of Cromberg, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2016-08-04 — it released about 30,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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