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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Lebanon, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Lebanon in the 24 hours to 9:36 am PST (17:36 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 8 km (5 mi) NE, at 10:17 am PDT on 15 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lebanon

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) east of Lebanon, OR, at 1:14 pm PDT on 25 June 2020 (20:14 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 6 km SSE of Lacomb, Oregon

33 km (20 mi) ESE of Albany, OR · 112 km (69 mi) S of Portland, OR

1:14 pm PDT, Jun 25, 2020 · · 17 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Linn County 14 kmMarion County 42 kmBenton County 57 kmPolk County 68 kmLane County 69 kmClackamas County 80 kmYamhill County 93 kmLincoln County 96 kmMultnomah County 115 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
1:14 pm PDT on 25 June 2020 ()
Where
16 km (10 mi) east of Lebanon, OR · earthquakes near Lebanon
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Linn County, 14 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2332 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Lebanon, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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: Sweet Home, South Lebanon, Brownsville, Lyons.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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

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 44.5347, -122.7027. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Linn County, OR 14 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Linn County
Marion County, OR 42 km (26 mi) NNE earthquakes near Marion County
Benton County, OR 57 km (36 mi) W earthquakes near Benton County
Polk County, OR 68 km (42 mi) NW earthquakes near Polk County
Lane County, OR 69 km (43 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lane County
Clackamas County, OR 80 km (50 mi) NNE earthquakes near Clackamas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 1 km SSE of Turner, Oregon
  2. 1.6 1 km W of Turner, Oregon
  3. 1.8 6 km ENE of Lebanon, Oregon
  4. 1.8 12 km SSW of Holley, Oregon
  5. 1.9 15 km SE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  6. 1.5 5 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  7. 1.6 3 km NW of Waterloo, Oregon
  8. 1.6 2 km ESE of Sodaville, Oregon
  9. 1.6 5 km N of Waterloo, Oregon
  10. 2.0 5 km NNE of Sweet Home, Oregon
  11. 1.6 15 km N of Cascadia, Oregon
  12. 1.7 Oregon
  13. 2.1 Oregon
  14. 1.7 16 km SSE of Cascadia, Oregon
  15. 2.0 3 km ENE of Millersburg, 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

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