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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Rose Lodge, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Rose Lodge in the 24 hours to 9:28 am PST (17:28 UTC). The last one was M 5.9, 324 km (201 mi) WSW, at 11:45 pm PDT on 25 September 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 29 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rose Lodge

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) southeast of Rose Lodge, OR, at 11:04 am PST on 22 February 2019 (19:04 UTC), 44 km deep. 41 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon

11:04 am PST, Feb 22, 2019 · · 44 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Polk County 36 kmLincoln County 39 kmYamhill County 50 kmTillamook County 52 kmBenton County 64 kmWashington County 85 kmMarion County 100 kmClatsop County 116 kmLinn County 117 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
11:04 am PST on 22 February 2019 ()
Where
4 km (3 mi) southeast of Rose Lodge, OR · earthquakes near Rose Lodge
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
44 km below the surface
Felt
41 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity II (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Polk County, 36 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Cascadia fold and fault belt, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2743 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Rose Lodge, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lincoln City, Grand Ronde, Lincoln Beach, Pacific City, Depoe Bay, Willamina.

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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 44.9888, -123.8375. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Polk County, OR 36 km (22 mi) ESE earthquakes near Polk County
Lincoln County, OR 39 km (24 mi) S earthquakes near Lincoln County
Yamhill County, OR 50 km (31 mi) NE earthquakes near Yamhill County
Tillamook County, OR 52 km (32 mi) N earthquakes near Tillamook County
Benton County, OR 64 km (40 mi) SSE earthquakes near Benton County
Washington County, OR 85 km (53 mi) NE earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 6 km W of Dallas, Oregon
  2. 1.9 5 km NE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  3. 1.7 17 km W of Falls City, Oregon
  4. 1.6 9 km NNE of Sheridan, Oregon
  5. 1.9 10 km NNE of Sheridan, Oregon
  6. 1.8 11 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  7. 1.6 7 km SE of Fort Hill, Oregon
  8. 2.0 19 km W of Falls City, Oregon
  9. 1.7 13 km N of Willamina, Oregon
  10. 2.4 10 km N of Sheridan, Oregon
  11. 1.7 11 km WNW of Beaver, Oregon
  12. 1.9 12 km E of Toledo, Oregon
  13. 1.7 6 km WNW of Dallas, Oregon
  14. 1.6 Oregon
  15. 1.7 21 km W of Pacific City, 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.

On USGS

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