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M 1.5ml

0 km W of Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon

· 23 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 28 kmMultnomah County 29 kmClark County 41 kmYamhill County 49 kmClackamas County 56 kmColumbia County 59 kmMarion County 64 kmTillamook County 78 kmPolk County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 28 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1873 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 45.4638, -122.7645. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, OR 28 km (17 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Multnomah County, OR 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Clark County, WA 41 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Yamhill County, OR 49 km (31 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clackamas County, OR 56 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Columbia County, OR 59 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Columbia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
  2. 1.6 3 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
  3. 1.6 3 km SW of Yacolt, Washington
  4. 1.5 1 km NW of Wilsonville, Oregon
  5. 1.7 6 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  6. 1.8 8 km S of Scappoose, Oregon
  7. 1.8 3 km WNW of Saint Helens, Oregon
  8. 1.7 4 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
  9. 1.7 8 km SE of Molalla, Oregon
  10. 1.6 3 km ESE of Sherwood, Oregon
  11. 2.0 2 km WNW of Molalla, Oregon
  12. 1.6 3 km E of Battle Ground, Washington
  13. 1.7 3 km NNE of La Center, Washington
  14. 1.9 3 km NNE of Hubbard, Oregon
  15. 1.7 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.

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