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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near Beaverton, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Beaverton in the 24 hours to 9:49 pm PST (05:49 UTC). The last one was M 1.5, 7 km (4 mi) WSW, at 1:30 pm PDT on 11 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Beaverton
This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded in Beaverton, OR, at 6:16 pm PDT on 16 July 2016 (01:16 UTC), 27 km deep. 83 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 1 km SSW of Beaverton, Oregon
14 km (9 mi) WSW of Portland, OR · in Beaverton, OR
- When
- 6:16 pm PDT on 16 July 2016 ()
- Where
- in Beaverton, OR · earthquakes near Beaverton
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 27 km below the surface
- Felt
- 83 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity II (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Washington County, 24 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 599 days ago
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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 30 km (19 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Cedar Hills, Raleigh Hills, Garden Home-Whitford, Aloha, Metzger, Cedar Mill.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 280,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 12,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 8,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,200 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.3× 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
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:
- 5.2 5 km E of Bridgeton, Oregon · 22 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km SW of Portland, Oregon · 9 km ENE 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 45.4748, -122.8133. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, OR | 24 km (15 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Multnomah County, OR | 32 km (20 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Multnomah County |
| Clark County, WA | 42 km (26 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Yamhill County, OR | 47 km (29 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Columbia County, OR | 56 km (35 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Columbia County |
| Clackamas County, OR | 60 km (37 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Clackamas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 8 km S of Scappoose, Oregon
- 2.8 6 km WNW of Gervais, Oregon
- 1.8 9 km NNE of Bethany, Oregon
- 1.8 7 km SW of Aloha, Oregon
- 1.5 1 km NE of Lewisville, Washington
- 1.6 4 km SSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 2.0 6 km WNW of Warren, Oregon
- 1.5 5 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.9 2 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon
- 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
- 1.8 4 km WNW of Saint Helens, Oregon
- 1.5 7 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
- 2.1 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
- 2.3 3 km W of Molalla, Oregon
- 2.1 2 km ENE of Lewisville, Washington
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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