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M 2.8ml

5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon

· 6.8 km deep · released about 400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hood River County 21 kmClackamas County 44 kmWasco County 44 kmMultnomah County 62 kmSherman County 79 kmClark County 80 kmSkamania County 81 kmMarion County 84 kmJefferson County 85 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Hood River County, 21 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3184 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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.

Where

Epicentre 45.3207, -121.6862. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hood River County, OR 21 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Hood River County
Clackamas County, OR 44 km (27 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Wasco County, OR 44 km (28 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Wasco County
Multnomah County, OR 62 km (39 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Sherman County, OR 79 km (49 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Clark County, WA 80 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Clark County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  2. 1.6 2 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  3. 1.7 8 km E of Government Camp, Oregon
  4. 1.6 7 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  5. 1.6 3 km NW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
  6. 1.9 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  7. 1.6 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  8. 1.8 5 km NW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
  9. 1.5 8 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  10. 2.4 7 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  11. 1.6 3 km NNW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
  12. 1.6 3 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  13. 1.6 3 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
  14. 1.6 3 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
  15. 1.8 3 km NNE of Government Camp, 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.

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