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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

7 km ENE of Carlton, Oregon

· -0.5 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yamhill County 19 kmWashington County 27 kmPolk County 52 kmTillamook County 55 kmMultnomah County 59 kmMarion County 61 kmClark County 70 kmColumbia County 70 kmClackamas County 72 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
-0.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yamhill County, 19 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2797 days ago

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

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

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 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× 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 45.3095, -123.0898. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yamhill County, OR 19 km (12 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Washington County, OR 27 km (17 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washington County
Polk County, OR 52 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Polk County
Tillamook County, OR 55 km (34 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Multnomah County, OR 59 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Marion County, OR 61 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Marion County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 1 km SSE of King City, Oregon
  2. 1.7 4 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
  3. 1.6 11 km NNW of Sheridan, Oregon
  4. 2.7 4 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
  5. 2.2 1 km SW of Carlton, Oregon
  6. 1.7 3 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  7. 2.0 6 km NE of Amity, Oregon
  8. 1.9 5 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  9. 1.9 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  10. 1.7 5 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  11. 1.9 5 km W of Dallas, Oregon
  12. 1.9 5 km ESE of Silverton, Oregon
  13. 1.8 3 km N of Wilsonville, Oregon
  14. 1.8 4 km SW of North Portland, Oregon
  15. 1.7 3 km SSW of Scotts Mills, 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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