Earthquake near Brookings, OR

USGS: 21 km SW of Brookings, Oregon

9:14 am PDT, Sep 13, 2016 · 2016-09-13 16:14 UTC · 25 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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When: 9:14 am PDT on 13 September 2016 (2016-09-13 16:14 UTC)
Where: 22 km (14 mi) SW of Brookings, OR · earthquakes near Brookings
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 25 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Del Norte County, 47 km ESE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3671 days ago · we first saw it 3671 days ago

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) SW of Brookings, OR, at 9:14 am PDT on 13 September 2016 (16:14 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Harbor, Fort Dick.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 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 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.9 5 km NNE of Hiouchi, California · 38 km ESE of this epicentre Aug 23, 1962

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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Epicentre 41.9297, -124.4907. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Del Norte County, CA	47 km (29 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Del Norte County
Curry County, OR	64 km (40 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Curry County
Josephine County, OR	91 km (57 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Josephine 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.

2.2 25 km NE of Harbor, Oregon 12:00 UTC
2.5 11 km NW of Crescent City, CA 23:54 UTC
2.3 16 km WSW of Crescent City, California 19:47 UTC
2.8 12 km NW of Crescent City, CA 17:15 UTC
2.3 16km WNW of Klamath, CA 20:15 UTC
1.9 6 km ESE of Pistol River, Oregon 08:11 UTC
2.1 17 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon 07:55 UTC
2.5 24 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon 03:34 UTC
2.3 9 km E of Pistol River, Oregon 21:56 UTC
2.0 17 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon 05:53 UTC
1.7 26 km NE of Harbor, Oregon 12:25 UTC
2.6 14 km W of Brookings, Oregon 04:50 UTC
1.9 16 km W of Brookings, Oregon 04:01 UTC
2.6 near the coast of Oregon 02:19 UTC
1.7 21 km SW of Brookings, Oregon 07:02 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:53 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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