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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

4 km NNW of Waterloo, Oregon

· -0.6 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Linn County 25 kmBenton County 46 kmMarion County 47 kmPolk County 60 kmLane County 67 kmLincoln County 85 kmClackamas County 87 kmYamhill County 88 kmWashington County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Linn County, 25 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2157 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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.

Where

Epicentre 44.5273, -122.8445. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Linn County, OR 25 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Linn County
Benton County, OR 46 km (29 mi) E of here earthquakes near Benton County
Marion County, OR 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Marion County
Polk County, OR 60 km (37 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Polk County
Lane County, OR 67 km (41 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lane County
Lincoln County, OR 85 km (53 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lincoln 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. 1.6 1 km W of Turner, Oregon
  2. 1.8 6 km ENE of Lebanon, Oregon
  3. 1.8 12 km SSW of Holley, Oregon
  4. 1.5 5 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  5. 1.6 3 km NW of Waterloo, Oregon
  6. 1.6 2 km ESE of Sodaville, Oregon
  7. 1.6 5 km N of Waterloo, Oregon
  8. 1.6 4 km NW of Adair Village, Oregon
  9. 2.0 5 km NNE of Sweet Home, Oregon
  10. 1.8 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. 1.5 15 km ENE of Springfield, 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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