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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

7 km E of Molalla, Oregon

· -0.7 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clackamas County 22 kmMarion County 28 kmMultnomah County 45 kmWashington County 66 kmYamhill County 66 kmClark County 69 kmLinn County 73 kmHood River County 76 kmPolk County 77 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clackamas County, 22 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 568 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 8.7 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 45.1478, -122.4797. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clackamas County, OR 22 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Marion County, OR 28 km (18 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Multnomah County, OR 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 66 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Yamhill County, OR 66 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clark County, WA 69 km (43 mi) S of here earthquakes near Clark 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. 1.5 1 km NW of Wilsonville, Oregon
  2. 1.7 6 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  3. 1.7 13 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  4. 1.8 2 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  5. 1.8 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  6. 1.7 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
  7. 2.0 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  8. 1.6 3 km ESE of Sherwood, Oregon
  9. 2.0 2 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
  10. 1.7 4 km ESE of Silverton, Oregon
  11. 1.9 3 km NNE of Hubbard, Oregon
  12. 1.7 Washington-Oregon border region
  13. 1.7 5 km SSW of Saint Paul, Oregon
  14. 1.5 7 km ESE of Estacada, Oregon
  15. 1.7 8 km E of Molalla, 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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