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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

3 km ENE of Canyondam, California

· 0.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Plumas County 28 kmLassen County 68 kmButte County 76 kmSierra County 81 kmNevada County 102 kmTehama County 102 kmYuba County 106 kmShasta County 106 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 1.7 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Plumas County, 28 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 979 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 40.1905, -121.0337. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Plumas County, CA 28 km (18 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 68 km (42 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Butte County, CA 76 km (47 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sierra County, CA 81 km (50 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 102 km (63 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

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

  1. 1.5 3 km NNE of Belden, California
  2. 2.6 3 km ESE of Prattville, CA
  3. 2.3 13 km NNE of Chester, CA
  4. 2.0 24 km NNE of Forest Ranch, CA
  5. 1.7 1 km ENE of Prattville, CA
  6. 2.1 0 km SSE of Prattville, CA
  7. 2.1 3 km NE of Almanor, CA
  8. 2.5 1 km ENE of Prattville, CA
  9. 2.6 4 km S of Caribou, CA
  10. 1.7 15 km SSE of Mineral, CA
  11. 2.2 15 km SSE of Mineral, CA
  12. 2.4 1 km N of Almanor, CA
  13. 2.1 4 km WNW of Canyondam, CA
  14. 2.6 4 km WNW of Canyondam, CA
  15. 2.1 3 km NNE 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.5 on 2023-05-11 — it released about 470,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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