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M 2.3ml

3 km W of Molalla, Oregon

· 20 km deep · released about 88 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 28 kmClackamas County 34 kmMultnomah County 48 kmYamhill County 55 kmWashington County 58 kmPolk County 67 kmClark County 70 kmLinn County 73 kmHood River County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Marion County, 28 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3023 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 88 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 88 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 45.1458, -122.6248. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, OR 28 km (17 mi) N of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Multnomah County, OR 48 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Yamhill County, OR 55 km (34 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Washington County, OR 58 km (36 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Polk County, OR 67 km (41 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Polk County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3 km E of Sherwood, Oregon
  2. 1.8 0 km E of Sherwood, Oregon
  3. 1.7 3 km SW of Tualatin, Oregon
  4. 1.8 5 km E of Silverton, Oregon
  5. 2.0 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  6. 1.6 3 km N of West Haven, Oregon
  7. 2.2 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  8. 1.8 Washington-Oregon border region
  9. 1.6 7 km E of Molalla, Oregon
  10. 1.6 2 km E of Sherwood, Oregon
  11. 1.9 5 km SE of Silverton, Oregon
  12. 1.5 3 km SSW of Beaverton, Oregon
  13. 1.8 9 km ESE of Scotts Mills, OR
  14. 1.9 3 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon
  15. 1.8 8 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.

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