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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

2 km SW of Drain, Oregon

· -0.3 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 42 kmLane County 48 kmCoos County 79 kmBenton County 95 kmLinn County 114 kmLincoln County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 42 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2379 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 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 43.6430, -123.3420. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, OR 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lane County, OR 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lane County
Coos County, OR 79 km (49 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Coos County
Benton County, OR 95 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Benton County
Linn County, OR 114 km (71 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Linn County
Lincoln County, OR 120 km (75 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 13 km S of Culp Creek, Oregon
  2. 1.6 4 km NNE of Roseburg North, Oregon
  3. 1.5 7 km SSW of Cottage Grove, Oregon
  4. 1.6 2 km SW of Drain, Oregon
  5. 1.7 4 km NW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  6. 1.5 4 km ESE of Fair Oaks, Oregon
  7. 1.5 13 km WNW of Cottage Grove, Oregon
  8. 1.6 5 km NNW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  9. 1.9 2 km SW of Drain, Oregon
  10. 1.6 5 km NW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  11. 1.7 5 km E of Yoncalla, Oregon
  12. 1.6 Oregon
  13. 1.7 3 km SSE of Springfield, Oregon
  14. 1.6 0 km SW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  15. 1.7 21 km ESE of Reedsport, 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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