explosion · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3ml
Earthquake near La Pine, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in La Pine in the 24 hours to 9:49 pm PST (05:49 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 11 km (7 mi) E, at 3:11 pm PDT on 15 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near La Pine
No: USGS classifies this as a explosion, not an earthquake. A magnitude 2.3 explosion was recorded 12 km (8 mi) south-southwest of La Pine, OR, at 11:26 am PDT on 22 May 2019 (18:26 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 12 km SSW of La Pine, Oregon
58 km (36 mi) SSW of Bend, OR
- When
- 11:26 am PDT on 22 May 2019 ()
- Where
- 12 km (8 mi) south-southwest of La Pine, OR · earthquakes near La Pine
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- -1.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Deschutes County, 48 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2732 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In La Pine, 12 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: Three Rivers.
USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 43.5713, -121.5768. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deschutes County, OR | 48 km (30 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Deschutes County |
| Klamath County, OR | 99 km (61 mi) | S | earthquakes near Klamath County |
| Lane County, OR | 113 km (70 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Lane County |
| Crook County, OR | 117 km (73 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Crook County |
| Jefferson County, OR | 124 km (77 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Linn County, OR | 128 km (79 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Linn County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
19 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 17 km ESE of Sunriver, Oregon
- 1.7 10 km E of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.9 24 km WNW of Sunriver, Oregon
- 1.6 24 km WNW of Sunriver, Oregon
- 1.5 21 km E of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.7 6 km SSE of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.5 15 km W of Three Rivers, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km SE of Three Rivers, Oregon
- 1.6 8 km SSE of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.6 10 km SE of Deschutes River Woods, Oregon
- 1.7 8 km E of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.7 5 km SSW of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km SSW of La Pine, Oregon
- 2.2 32 km SW of La Pine, Oregon
- 1.7 20 km ESE of Three Rivers, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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