125 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon

Yes. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 125 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon, at 8:24 am PST on 22 February 2023 (16:24 UTC), 15 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

2023-02-22 16:24 UTC · 15 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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When: 2023-02-22 16:24 UTC
Magnitude: M 3.2 (ml)
Depth: 15 km below the surface
Felt: 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest mapped fault: Blanco transform fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1294 days ago · we first saw it 1294 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 44 km (27 mi) from the epicentre. 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 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more

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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.9 on 2021-06-04 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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

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Aftershocks so far

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

2.0 126 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 18:02 UTC
4.1 116 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon 00:01 UTC
2.7 137 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon 00:42 UTC
2.5 152 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 19:35 UTC
5.7 143 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 10:53 UTC
2.1 140 km W of Crescent City, California 05:58 UTC
2.7 91 km W of Brookings, OR 05:03 UTC
3.3 126 km WSW of Crescent City, CA 17:24 UTC
3.7 145 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 04:26 UTC
3.5 155 km W of Pistol River, Oregon 05:27 UTC
2.1 134 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 08:20 UTC
2.9 147 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 00:12 UTC
2.9 144 km W of Pistol River, Oregon 01:06 UTC
2.7 119 km W of Pistol River, Oregon 17:54 UTC
2.6 155 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 12:33 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 16:32 UTC. 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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