Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Salem, OR
USGS: 19 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
63 km (39 mi) SSE of Portland, OR · 48 km (30 mi) E of Salem, OR
- When
- 12:05 pm PDT on 29 October 2017 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) E of Salem, OR · earthquakes near Salem
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Marion County, 16 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mount Angel fault, 19 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3215 days ago
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) E of Salem, OR, at 12:05 pm PDT on 29 October 2017 (19:05 UTC). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Molalla, Mill City, Silverton, Mulino, Lyons.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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:
- 5.6 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 15 km WNW 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 44.9927, -122.4248. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County, OR | 16 km (10 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Marion County |
| Clackamas County, OR | 26 km (16 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Clackamas County |
| Linn County, OR | 57 km (35 mi) | S | earthquakes near Linn County |
| Multnomah County, OR | 62 km (38 mi) | N | earthquakes near Multnomah County |
| Yamhill County, OR | 75 km (47 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Polk County, OR | 77 km (48 mi) | W | earthquakes near Polk 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.
- 1.9 5 km SE of Silverton, Oregon
- 1.8 9 km ESE of Scotts Mills, OR
- 1.8 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
- 2.0 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
- 2.4 3 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
- 2.6 6 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.5 4 km W of Mulino, Oregon
- 1.7 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km SSW of Sandy, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Mill City, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.6 16 km E of Lacomb, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km SSE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.6 7 km SSE of Molalla, Oregon
- 2.0 7 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
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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