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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Rose Lodge, OR

USGS: 6 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon

12:47 pm PDT, Jul 11, 2019 · · 43 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Polk County 34 kmLincoln County 39 kmYamhill County 49 kmTillamook County 53 kmBenton County 62 kmWashington County 85 kmMarion County 98 kmLinn County 115 kmClatsop County 116 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
12:47 pm PDT on 11 July 2019 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) ESE of Rose Lodge, OR · earthquakes near Rose Lodge
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
43 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Polk County, 34 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Cascadia fold and fault belt, 23 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 2636 days ago

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) ESE of Rose Lodge, OR, at 12:47 pm PDT on 11 July 2019 (19:47 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 44.9818, -123.8132. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Polk County, OR 34 km (21 mi) ESE earthquakes near Polk County
Lincoln County, OR 39 km (24 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Yamhill County, OR 49 km (30 mi) NE earthquakes near Yamhill County
Tillamook County, OR 53 km (33 mi) N earthquakes near Tillamook County
Benton County, OR 62 km (39 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. 1.7 10 km SSW of Netarts, Oregon
  2. 1.6 15 km SSE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  3. 1.8 9 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  4. 1.6 3 km SE of Beaver, Oregon
  5. 1.7 6 km NNE of Falls City, Oregon
  6. 1.5 5 km ENE of Sheridan, Oregon
  7. 1.7 4 km S of Fort Hill, Oregon
  8. 1.5 6 km W of Dallas, Oregon
  9. 1.9 5 km NE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  10. 1.7 17 km W of Falls City, Oregon
  11. 1.6 9 km NNE of Sheridan, Oregon
  12. 1.9 10 km NNE of Sheridan, Oregon
  13. 1.8 11 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  14. 1.6 7 km SE of Fort Hill, Oregon
  15. 2.0 19 km W of Falls 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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