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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Sheridan, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Sheridan in the 24 hours to 5:42 am PST (13:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 19 km (12 mi) E, at 7:58 am PST on 23 November 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 228 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Sheridan
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) north-northwest of Sheridan, OR, at 11:48 am PDT on 27 May 2022 (18:48 UTC), 19 km deep.
USGS: 11 km NNW of Sheridan, Oregon
72 km (45 mi) WSW of Portland, OR · 44 km (28 mi) NW of Salem, OR
- When
- 11:48 am PDT on 27 May 2022 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) north-northwest of Sheridan, OR · earthquakes near Sheridan
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 19 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Yamhill County, 11 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1631 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Sheridan, 11 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Willamina, McMinnville, Amity, Grand Ronde, Carlton, Yamhill.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.8 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 45.1952, -123.4357. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamhill County, OR | 11 km (7 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Polk County, OR | 33 km (20 mi) | S | earthquakes near Polk County |
| Tillamook County, OR | 38 km (24 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Tillamook County |
| Washington County, OR | 48 km (30 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Lincoln County, OR | 72 km (45 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Marion County, OR | 75 km (47 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Marion County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 5 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 2.0 4 km NNE of Lafayette, Oregon
- 1.8 6 km NNE of Falls City, Oregon
- 2.0 0 km NE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.7 10 km SSW of Netarts, Oregon
- 1.6 15 km SSE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.8 9 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km NE of Lafayette, Oregon
- 1.6 3 km SE of Beaver, Oregon
- 1.7 6 km NNE of Falls City, Oregon
- 1.5 5 km ENE of Sheridan, Oregon
- 1.6 7 km NE of Amity, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km S of Fort Hill, Oregon
- 1.5 6 km W of Dallas, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km NE of Lafayette, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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