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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near Mount Hood Village, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Mount Hood Village in the 24 hours to 10:03 am PST (18:03 UTC). The last one was M 1.5, 8 km (5 mi) NW, at 3:27 pm PDT on 1 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mount Hood Village
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) east of Mount Hood Village, OR, at 3:27 pm PST on 17 January 2021 (23:27 UTC), 5.2 km deep.
USGS: 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
78 km (49 mi) ESE of Portland, OR
- When
- 3:27 pm PST on 17 January 2021 ()
- Where
- 23 km (14 mi) east of Mount Hood Village, OR · earthquakes near Mount Hood Village
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hood River County, 20 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 614 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Mount Hood Village, 23 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 45.3313, -121.6898. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hood River County, OR | 20 km (13 mi) | N | earthquakes near Hood River County |
| Clackamas County, OR | 44 km (27 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Clackamas County |
| Wasco County, OR | 45 km (28 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Wasco County |
| Multnomah County, OR | 62 km (38 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Multnomah County |
| Clark County, WA | 79 km (49 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Sherman County, OR | 79 km (49 mi) | E | earthquakes near Sherman County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
- 1.6 7 km SE of Mount Hood, Oregon
- 1.7 8 km NE of Wapanitia, Oregon
- 2.5 7 km E of Government Camp, Oregon
- 2.2 3 km NW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km SSE of Odell, Oregon
- 1.5 3 km NW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
- 1.6 7 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
- 2.6 Washington-Oregon border region
- 2.2 8 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
- 3.0 8 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
- 2.2 7 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km S of Odell, Oregon
- 1.6 3 km ESE of Parkdale, Oregon
- 1.8 Washington-Oregon border region
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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- 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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