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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

3 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon

· -0.4 km deep · released about 9.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 15 kmClackamas County 42 kmYamhill County 56 kmPolk County 57 kmLinn County 59 kmMultnomah County 63 kmWashington County 68 kmBenton County 82 kmClark County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Marion County, 15 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1599 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 45.0117, -122.6908. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, OR 15 km (9 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 42 km (26 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Yamhill County, OR 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Polk County, OR 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Polk County
Linn County, OR 59 km (37 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Linn County
Multnomah County, OR 63 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4 km ESE of Sherwood, Oregon
  2. 1.5 5 km NE of Amity, Oregon
  3. 2.0 16 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  4. 1.6 3 km SE of Canby, Oregon
  5. 1.6 3 km SE of Sherwood, Oregon
  6. 1.9 1 km WNW of Saint Paul, Oregon
  7. 1.6 3 km SE of Canby, Oregon
  8. 1.9 3 km WNW of Tigard, Oregon
  9. 1.9 15 km SE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  10. 1.7 3 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  11. 1.6 7 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  12. 1.5 5 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  13. 1.6 3 km WNW of Lafayette, Oregon
  14. 1.6 3 km WSW of Stafford, Oregon
  15. 1.8 1 km NNW of Dayton, 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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