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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Lakeview, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Lakeview in the 24 hours to 5:56 am PST (13:56 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 9 km (5 mi) WNW, at 7:41 am PST on 4 January 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lakeview
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) east-southeast of Lakeview, OR, at 10:44 pm PDT on 12 April 2020 (05:44 UTC), 2.5 km deep.
USGS: 36 km SSE of Plush, Oregon
- When
- 10:44 pm PDT on 12 April 2020 ()
- Where
- 47 km (29 mi) east-southeast of Lakeview, OR · earthquakes near Lakeview
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lake County, 91 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Warner Valley faults, 2 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 2405 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Lakeview, 47 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.8 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2016-01-03 — about 5,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.1 15 km SE of Plush, Oregon · 23 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km ENE of Lakeview, Oregon · 44 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.0 25 km SSE of Plush, Oregon · 11 km N of this epicentre
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 42.0977, -119.7870. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, OR | 91 km (57 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Modoc County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Modoc County |
| Harney County, OR | 126 km (78 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Harney County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.9 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.5 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 2.0 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 3.5 50 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.5 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.5 Nevada
- 1.5 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.5 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.8 50 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 2.2 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 2.6 Nevada
- 1.9 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 3.0 51 km ENE of Fort Bidwell, California
- 1.7 Nevada
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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