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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Rose Lodge, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Rose Lodge in the 24 hours to 12:18 am PST (08:18 UTC). The last one was M 5.9, 324 km (201 mi) WSW, at 11:45 pm PDT on 25 September 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 29 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rose Lodge
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Rose Lodge, OR, at 4:39 pm PDT on 21 July 2020 (23:39 UTC), 44 km deep. 34 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- When
- 4:39 pm PDT on 21 July 2020 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Rose Lodge, OR · earthquakes near Rose Lodge
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 44 km below the surface
- Felt
- 34 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Polk County, 36 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cascadia fold and fault belt, 21 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 2239 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Rose Lodge, 4 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.
Likely felt in: Rose Lodge 4 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
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 44.9932, -123.8420. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County, OR | 36 km (23 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Polk County |
| Lincoln County, OR | 40 km (25 mi) | S | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Yamhill County, OR | 50 km (31 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Tillamook County, OR | 52 km (32 mi) | N | earthquakes near Tillamook County |
| Benton County, OR | 65 km (40 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Washington County, OR | 85 km (53 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 26 km WNW of Lincoln City, Oregon
- 1.6 16 km WNW of McMinnville, Oregon
- 1.7 1 km W of Siletz, Oregon
- 1.9 6 km SSW of Falls City, Oregon
- 1.7 5 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 2.0 10 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
- 1.8 6 km NNE of Falls City, Oregon
- 1.7 13 km N of Summit, Oregon
- 2.3 1 km NNE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
- 2.0 0 km NE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.7 10 km SSW of Netarts, Oregon
- 1.6 15 km SSE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.8 9 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.6 3 km SE of Beaver, Oregon
- 1.7 6 km NNE of Falls City, 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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