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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

4 km W of Mulino, Oregon

· -0.1 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clackamas County 36 kmMarion County 37 kmMultnomah County 40 kmWashington County 51 kmYamhill County 53 kmClark County 62 kmPolk County 70 kmLinn County 83 kmHood River County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clackamas County, 36 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2410 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 45.2287, -122.6422. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clackamas County, OR 36 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Marion County, OR 37 km (23 mi) N of here earthquakes near Marion County
Multnomah County, OR 40 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 51 km (31 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Yamhill County, OR 53 km (33 mi) E of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clark County, WA 62 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3 km W of Saint Paul, Oregon
  2. 1.6 14 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  3. 1.7 8 km SE of Amity, Oregon
  4. 2.0 4 km WNW of Dundee, Oregon
  5. 2.8 6 km SW of Aloha, Oregon
  6. 1.6 1 km SSE of King City, Oregon
  7. 2.0 4 km SE of Mill Plain, Washington
  8. 1.6 8 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  9. 2.6 3 km SE of Mill Plain, Washington
  10. 1.7 4 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
  11. 2.7 4 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
  12. 2.2 1 km SW of Carlton, Oregon
  13. 1.7 3 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  14. 1.7 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
  15. 2.0 6 km NE of Amity, 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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