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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0ml

23 km W of Newport, Oregon

· 25 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 35 kmBenton County 74 kmPolk County 81 kmTillamook County 105 kmYamhill County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity II (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Lincoln County, 35 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2918 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 44.6130, -124.3475. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OR 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Benton County, OR 74 km (46 mi) W of here earthquakes near Benton County
Polk County, OR 81 km (51 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Tillamook County, OR 105 km (65 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Yamhill County, OR 108 km (67 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Lane County, OR 138 km (86 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 27 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  2. 2.4 59 km WNW of Depoe Bay, Oregon
  3. 1.6 18 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  4. 1.7 41 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  5. 2.3 29 km W of Waldport, Oregon
  6. 1.9 5 km NE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  7. 1.8 27 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  8. 1.7 26 km W of Newport, Oregon
  9. 1.8 11 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  10. 1.9 29 km W of Newport, Oregon
  11. 3.1 39 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  12. 1.5 28 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  13. 1.9 5 km S of Lincoln City, Oregon
  14. 1.9 30 km W of Yachats, Oregon
  15. 1.8 31 km W of Yachats, 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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