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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Ashland, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Ashland in the 24 hours to 2:22 am PST (10:22 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 18 km (11 mi) NNW, at 4:47 pm PDT on 13 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Ashland
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Ashland, OR, at 9:54 am PDT on 24 April 2020 (16:54 UTC), 4.8 km deep. 187 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 18 km SW of Ashland, Oregon
30 km (19 mi) S of Medford, OR
- When
- 9:54 am PDT on 24 April 2020 ()
- Where
- 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Ashland, OR · earthquakes near Ashland
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 187 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Jackson County, 41 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2244 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 45 km (28 mi) from the epicentre. In Ashland, 19 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Talent, Phoenix, Medford, Jacksonville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,800× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,200× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,700 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.8× more
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 42.0625, -122.8480. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County, OR | 41 km (26 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 59 km (37 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
| Josephine County, OR | 70 km (43 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Josephine County |
| Del Norte County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Klamath County, OR | 120 km (75 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Klamath County |
| Curry County, OR | 121 km (75 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Curry 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.
- 1.6 8 km WSW of Phoenix, Oregon
- 2.0 19 km SSW of Ashland, Oregon
- 1.8 7 km SSE of White City, Oregon
- 1.5 7 km SSE of Jacksonville, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km W of Central Point, Oregon
- 1.5 9 km WSW of Phoenix, Oregon
- 1.8 6 km ENE of Medford, Oregon
- 1.8 4 km SE of Eagle Point, Oregon
- 1.9 8 km SSE of Jacksonville, Oregon
- 1.6 9 km SSE of Jacksonville, Oregon
- 2.0 6 km SSE of White City, Oregon
- 1.8 7 km SSE of White City, Oregon
- 1.9 5 km SE of Eagle Point, Oregon
- 1.5 22 km E of Ashland, Oregon
- 1.5 6 km W of Central Point, 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.
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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