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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Crescent City, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Crescent City in the 24 hours to 4:57 pm PST (00:57 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 162 km (101 mi) WNW, at 2:55 am PDT on 6 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crescent City
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 44 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Crescent City, CA, at 9:42 am PDT on 19 May 2022 (16:42 UTC), 39 km deep.
USGS: 25 km E of Klamath, California
- When
- 9:42 am PDT on 19 May 2022 ()
- Where
- 44 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Crescent City, CA · earthquakes near Crescent City
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 39 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Del Norte County, 29 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1638 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Crescent City, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 5 km NNE of Hiouchi, California · 40 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.6 26 km NNW of Willow Creek, California · 47 km S of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 41.5653, -123.7323. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Josephine County, OR | 92 km (57 mi) | N | earthquakes near Josephine County |
| Humboldt County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | S | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | E | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Curry County, OR | 108 km (67 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Curry County |
| Trinity County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Trinity County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
24 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 20 km SE of Klamath, CA
- 2.3 13 km E of Weitchpec, CA
- 2.4 8 km SSE of Weitchpec, CA
- 2.1 6 km NW of Somes Bar, CA
- 2.4 14 km SSW of Crescent City, CA
- 2.5 14 km SSW of Bertsch-Oceanview, CA
- 2.8 18 km SSE of Klamath, CA
- 2.7 13 km SSW of Bertsch-Oceanview, CA
- 1.6 18 km W of Happy Camp, California
- 2.2 6 km W of Klamath, CA
- 2.5 17 km SSE of Klamath, CA
- 3.0 17 km SSE of Klamath, CA
- 2.4 26 km SW of Klamath, CA
- 4.3 16 km WSW of Klamath, CA
- 2.9 8 km S of Somes Bar, 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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