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M 1.8md

3 km ESE of Government Camp, Oregon

· 1.8 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hood River County 24 kmClackamas County 40 kmWasco County 46 kmMultnomah County 61 kmClark County 80 kmMarion County 81 kmSherman County 82 kmSkamania County 83 kmJefferson County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
1.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hood River County, 24 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2638 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 45.2972, -121.7168. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hood River County, OR 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Hood River County
Clackamas County, OR 40 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Wasco County, OR 46 km (28 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Wasco County
Multnomah County, OR 61 km (38 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Clark County, WA 80 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Clark County
Marion County, OR 81 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Marion 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. 3.9 6 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  2. 1.6 6 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  3. 1.5 6 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  4. 1.7 5 km ESE of Pine Grove, Oregon
  5. 3.5 0 km SE of Parkdale, Oregon
  6. 1.7 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  7. 1.6 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  8. 1.5 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  9. 1.9 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  10. 2.1 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  11. 1.6 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  12. 1.7 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  13. 1.6 5 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  14. 2.7 4 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  15. 1.7 6 km ENE 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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