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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

16 km SE of Molalla, Oregon

· 14 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 18 kmClackamas County 24 kmMultnomah County 57 kmLinn County 61 kmYamhill County 72 kmPolk County 76 kmWashington County 77 kmHood River County 82 kmClark County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Marion County, 18 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 555 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 45.0352, -122.4488. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, OR 18 km (11 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 24 km (15 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Multnomah County, OR 57 km (35 mi) S of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Linn County, OR 61 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Linn County
Yamhill County, OR 72 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Polk County, OR 76 km (47 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

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

  1. 1.8 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
  2. 1.9 8 km SE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  3. 1.7 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  4. 1.5 6 km SSE of Molalla, Oregon
  5. 1.8 10 km N of Mill City, Oregon
  6. 1.7 3 km SW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  7. 1.6 21 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  8. 2.0 7 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  9. 1.8 2 km SW of Tualatin, Oregon
  10. 1.8 1 km ESE of Butteville, Oregon
  11. 2.0 Washington-Oregon border region
  12. 1.9 3 km E of Sherwood, Oregon
  13. 1.8 0 km E of Sherwood, Oregon
  14. 1.7 3 km SW of Tualatin, Oregon
  15. 1.8 5 km E of Silverton, 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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