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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

6 km SW of Culp Creek, Oregon

· -0.4 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lane County 30 kmDouglas County 47 kmLinn County 96 kmBenton County 102 kmCoos County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lane County, 30 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2418 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 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 43.6603, -122.8928. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lane County, OR 30 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lane County
Douglas County, OR 47 km (29 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Linn County, OR 96 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Linn County
Benton County, OR 102 km (63 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Benton County
Coos County, OR 110 km (69 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Coos County
Lincoln County, OR 136 km (84 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 13 km S of Culp Creek, Oregon
  2. 1.5 7 km SSW of Cottage Grove, Oregon
  3. 1.6 2 km SW of Drain, Oregon
  4. 1.5 4 km ESE of Fair Oaks, Oregon
  5. 1.6 10 km SE of Glide, Oregon
  6. 1.5 13 km WNW of Cottage Grove, Oregon
  7. 1.8 18 km ENE of Unity, Oregon
  8. 1.9 2 km SW of Drain, Oregon
  9. 1.7 5 km E of Yoncalla, Oregon
  10. 1.6 Oregon
  11. 1.5 15 km ENE of Springfield, Oregon
  12. 1.7 3 km SSE of Springfield, Oregon
  13. 1.5 29 km ENE of Glide, Oregon
  14. 1.5 8 km SSW of Cottage Grove, Oregon
  15. 1.6 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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