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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Newport, OR

USGS: 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon

6:02 pm PDT, Oct 28, 2019 · · 28 km deep · released about 94 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 33 kmBenton County 74 kmPolk County 77 kmTillamook County 97 kmYamhill County 102 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
6:02 pm PDT on 28 October 2019 ()
Where
22 km (14 mi) WNW of Newport, OR · earthquakes near Newport
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
28 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 33 km E
Nearest mapped fault
Stonewall anticline, 1 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 2449 days ago

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) WNW of Newport, OR, at 6:02 pm PDT on 28 October 2019 (01:02 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Agate Beach, Depoe Bay, Lincoln Beach.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 94 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 160,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 94 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 44.6777, -124.3257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, OR 33 km (21 mi) E earthquakes near Lincoln County
Benton County, OR 74 km (46 mi) ESE earthquakes near Benton County
Polk County, OR 77 km (48 mi) ENE earthquakes near Polk County
Tillamook County, OR 97 km (60 mi) NNE earthquakes near Tillamook County
Yamhill County, OR 102 km (63 mi) NE earthquakes near Yamhill County
Washington County, OR 137 km (85 mi) NE earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3 km NW of Yachats, Oregon
  2. 2.2 25 km W of Newport, Oregon
  3. 2.0 5 km NE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  4. 1.9 23 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  5. 2.5 26 km WNW of Lincoln City, Oregon
  6. 1.9 16 km SSE of Toledo, Oregon
  7. 1.7 1 km W of Siletz, Oregon
  8. 2.8 57 km W of Waldport, Oregon
  9. 2.0 10 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  10. 2.3 1 km NNE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  11. 2.7 27 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  12. 1.6 15 km SSE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  13. 2.4 59 km WNW of Depoe Bay, Oregon
  14. 1.6 18 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  15. 1.7 41 km WNW of Yachats, 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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