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M 3.2ml

Earthquake near Cave Junction, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Cave Junction in the 24 hours to 7:48 am PST (15:48 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 201 km (125 mi) W, at 3:53 am PDT on 3 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 42 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cave Junction

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) west-southwest of Cave Junction, OR, at 9:45 pm PDT on 19 June 2022 (04:45 UTC), 33 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 11 km WNW of O'Brien, Oregon

9:45 pm PDT, Jun 19, 2022 · · 33 km deep · released about 1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Josephine County 37 kmDel Norte County 43 kmCurry County 50 kmJackson County 100 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
9:45 pm PDT on 19 June 2022 ()
Where
16 km (10 mi) west-southwest of Cave Junction, OR · earthquakes near Cave Junction
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
33 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Josephine County, 37 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1539 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 35 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Cave Junction, 16 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 1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,400× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.1× more

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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 5 km NNE of Hiouchi, California · 36 km SSW of this epicentre

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 42.1175, -123.8287. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Josephine County, OR 37 km (23 mi) NE earthquakes near Josephine County
Del Norte County, CA 43 km (27 mi) SSW earthquakes near Del Norte County
Curry County, OR 50 km (31 mi) NW earthquakes near Curry County
Jackson County, OR 100 km (62 mi) ENE earthquakes near Jackson County
Coos County, OR 121 km (75 mi) N earthquakes near Coos County
Siskiyou County, CA 122 km (76 mi) ESE earthquakes near Siskiyou County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 6 km WNW of O'Brien, Oregon
  2. 1.7 1 km NW of Brookings, Oregon
  3. 1.7 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  4. 2.3 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  5. 1.9 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  6. 1.6 7 km ESE of Pistol River, Oregon
  7. 1.6 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  8. 1.8 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  9. 1.6 8 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  10. 1.7 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  11. 1.9 7 km NE of Harbor, Oregon
  12. 3.0 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  13. 1.6 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  14. 1.8 13 km NNW of Brookings, Oregon
  15. 1.8 12 km SSW of Brookings, 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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